John Irving, author portrait
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John Irving

JOHN IRVING was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1942. His first novel, Setting Free the Bears, was published in 1968, when he was twenty-six. He competed as a wrestler for twenty years and coached wrestling until he was forty-seven. He is a member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

In 1980, Mr. Irving won a National Book Award for his novel The World According to Garp. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screeplay for The Cider House Rules.In 2013, he won a Lambda Literary Award for his novel In One Person. Internationally renowned, his novels have been translated into almost forty languages. His all-time bestselling novel, in every language, is A Prayer for Owen Meany

A dual citizen of the United States and Canada, John Irving lives in Toronto. Queen Esther is his sixteenth novel.
The World According to Garp
The World According to Garp
The Hotel New Hampshire
Last Night in Twisted River
Until I Find You
The Fourth Hand
My Movie Business
A Widow for One Year
A Son of the Circus
The Cider House Rules
The 158-Pound Marriage
Setting Free the Bears
The Water-Method Man

Books

The World According to Garp
The World According to Garp
The Hotel New Hampshire
Last Night in Twisted River
Until I Find You
The Fourth Hand
My Movie Business
A Widow for One Year
A Son of the Circus
The Cider House Rules
The 158-Pound Marriage
Setting Free the Bears
The Water-Method Man

Books for LGBTQIA+ Pride Month

In June we celebrate Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual + (LGBTQIA+) Pride Month, which honors the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan. Pride Month is a time to both celebrate the accomplishments of those in the LGBTQ+ community and recognize the ongoing struggles faced by many across the world who wish to live

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