Claire Keegan

Claire Keegan
Keegan at the Dublin Writers Festival in 2007.
Born1968 (age 5657)
Ireland
OccupationShort story writer
Notable worksAntarctica
Walk the Blue Fields
Foster
Small Things Like These
Notable awardsRooney Prize for Irish Literature (2000)
Davy Byrnes Irish Writing Award (2009)
Orwell Prize for Political Fiction (2022)
Website
ckfictionclinic.com

Claire Keegan (born 1968) is an Irish writer known for her short stories, which have been published in The New Yorker, Best American Short Stories, Granta, and The Paris Review. She is also known for her novellas, two of which have been adapted as films.