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Colm Toibin was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of the novels The South, The Heather Blazing and The Story of the Night. He has also written the non-fiction books Bad Blood, Homage to Barcelona and The Sign of the Cross. The Blackwater Lightship was shortlisted for the 1999 Booker Prize. Colm Toibin lives in Dublin.