Marianne Cronin

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Marianne Cronin
Born
Marianne Eve Cronin

1990 (age 34–35)
Alma mater
Years active2019–present

Marianne Eve Cronin (born 1990) is a novelist and improv comedian. [1] Her debut novel The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot (2021) received an Alex Award.

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Early life

Cronin was born to an Irish family and grew up in Kenilworth, Warwickshire. [2] Her atheist parents enrolled her in Catholic school to appease her grandparents. [3] Cronin studied at Lancaster University and completed a PhD in Applied Linguistics at the University of Birmingham. [4]

Career

Cronin wrote her debut novel during her MA and PhD. [5] In 2019, Doubleday pre-empted the rights to the novel. [2] Harper Perennial picked up the further rights, [6] through which The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot was published in May 2021. [6] Set in Glasgow, the novel follows an intergenerational friendship between the titular Lenni Petterson, a terminally ill 17-year old, and 83-year-old Margot Macrae James respectively. [7] Anne Coates of The Arbuturian compared it to Emma Healey's Elizabeth is Missing. [8] The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot made the Richard & Judy Book Club list [9] and received an Alex Award. [10] It was also reportedly picked up for an adaptation.

This was followed by Cronin's second novel Eddie Winston is Looking for Love in 2024, [11] which she had begun writing in 2021. [12] The novel follows an intergenerational friendship between a 90-year-old man Eddie who has never found love and a 24-year-old recent widow Bella. [13] Eddie Winston is Looking for Love appeared the People best books list at the end of 2024. [14]

Bibliography

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryTitleResultRef
2022 Alex Award The One Hundred Years of Lenni and MargotWon [10]

References

  1. ↑ Hitchcock, Linda (5 February 2025). "Intergenerational Friendship Sparks a Search for Love in Marianne Cronin's Latest". BookTrib. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  2. 1 2 Wood, Heloise (4 October 2019). "Doubleday makes 'substantial' six-figure pre-empt for 'exceptional' debut". The Bookseller. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  3. ↑ Dwyer, Ciara (6 June 2021). "'I remember thinking, this is a mistake, surely. The book is too weird to end up on screen… Death is still so taboo'". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "Marianne Cronin". Penguin Books Australia. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  5. ↑ Dumpleton, Elise (29 December 2024). "Q&A: Marianne Cronin, Author of 'Eddie Winston Is Looking For Love'". The Nerd Daily. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  6. 1 2 Hitchcock, Linda (31 May 2021). "Terminally Ill Teen and Elderly Rebel's Unlikely Friendship Is the Ultimate Celebration of Life". BookTrib. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  7. ↑ Walker, Chloe (17 February 2021). "Book Review: The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin". Culturefly. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  8. ↑ Coates, Anne (12 February 2021). "The One Hundred Year of Lenni and Margot". The Arbuturian. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  9. ↑ Bayley, Sian (9 December 2021). "Richard & Judy Book Club features Jewell, Slaughter and French". The Bookseller. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  10. 1 2 "2022 ALA Awards". Locus Online. 24 January 2022. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  11. ↑ Walker, Chloe (15 August 2024). "Book Review: Eddie Winston is Looking For Love by Marianne Cronin". Culturefly. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  12. ↑ Robert Lee Brewer (1 January 2025). "Marianne Cronin: On Characters You Let Go of Coming Back to You". Writers' Digest. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  13. ↑ Hertzel, Laurie (26 December 2024). "Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love' is the latest from 'The 100 Years of Lenni' author Marianne Cronin". Star Tribune. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  14. ↑ Tagen-Dyer, Carly; Schumer, Lizz (29 December 2024). "PEOPLE's Best Books of December 2024: New Fiction from Marianne Cronin, Terri Parlato and More". People. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
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