Just who is Sally Rooney, the author of bestseller Normal People ?

Books Are Magic is an independent store in Brooklyn that is celebrated for its author events. Last April, Sally Rooney was due to appear at the store to promote her second novel, Normal People. Demand for tickets was so high that the event had to be moved to a nearby church. Vanity Fair quipped that the author's readers weren't so much fans as disciples, while it prompted the American culture magazine Vox to publish an article titled 'The Cult of Sally Rooney'.