 Her last novel, "The Green Grass Tango" (Peepal Tree) was published in 2001, sadly after Beryl Gilroy’s death in April of that year.Gilroy's early work examined the impact of life in Britain on West Indian families and her later work explored issues of African and Caribbean diaspora and slavery.In 1998, a collection of her non-fiction writing, entitled "Leaves in the Wind", came out from Mango Publishing.