Iris Murdoch

Jean Iris Murdoch (or Iris Murdoch; 15 July 1919 – 8 February 1999) was an Irish-born British author. Her first book, Under the Net, was released in 1954 and became a classic. Her other memorable books include The Black Prince and The Sea, the Sea. In 1987, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

Murdoch was born in Dublin, Ireland. She died at age seventy-nine due to Alzheimer's disease in Oxfordshire, England.