O'Faolain, Nuala

Nuala O'Faolain was a waitress, sales clerk, and maid; a university lecturer; a TV producer; and a columnist with "The Irish Times". The author of three consecutive "New York Times" bestsellers, her books include the memoir "Almost There", a follow-up to "Are You Somebody?", as well as two novels: "My Dream of You" and "The Story of Chicago May". She died in Dublin in 2008.