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French, Tana

LC control no.n 2006077370
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPR6106.R457
Personal name headingFrench, Tana
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LocatedDublin (Ireland)
Birth date1973-5-10
Place of birthBurlington (Vt.)
Field of activityFiction--Authorship Novels Acting
AffiliationTrinity College (Dublin, Ireland)
Profession or occupationAuthors Novelists Actors Actresses
Found inFrench, Tana. In the woods, 2007: ECIP t.p. (Tana French)
Hodder Headline Web site, Oct. 20, 2006: authorsearch (Tana French; grew up in Ireland, Italy, the U.S., and Malawi; has lived in Dublin since 1980; trained as an actress at Trinity College, Dublin, and has worked in theatre, film, and voiceover)
The trespasser, 2016: title page (Tana French)
Wikipedia, December 12, 2016 (Tana French; ana French (born 1973) is an Irish novelist and theatrical actress; her debut novel In the Woods (2007), a psychological mystery, won the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, and Barry awards for best first novel; Tana French was born in the United States to Elena Hvostoff-Lombardi and David French, but lived in numerous countries as a child, including Ireland, Italy, the US, and Malawi; her father was an economist who worked on resource management for the developing world, so the family lived in many different cultures; French attended Trinity College, Dublin and trained in acting; she ultimately settled in Ireland and since 1990 has lived in Dublin, which she considers home; French is married and has two daughters with her husband; she has retained dual citizenship of the US and Italy; she trained as a professional actor at Trinity and works in theater, film, and voiceover; in her later 30s she rekindled her passion towards writing; her choice of genre stems from her profound interest in mystery and crime novels which she grew up reading)
Wikipedia, January 17, 2019: (Tana French; Tana Elizabeth French was born in Burlington, Vermont, on May 10, 1973)
Associated languageeng