Claire Keegan
Claire Keegan was born in Wexford in 1968.
Her story collections are Antarctica (London, Faber and Faber, 1999/New York, Grove/Atlantic, 1999); and Walk the Blue Fields (Faber and Faber, 2007).
Her awards include The Francis MacManus Award; The William Trevor Prize; the Olive Cook Award; the Los Angeles Times Book of the Year; and the Rooney Prize for Literature.
A member of Aosdána, she is currently teaching in the US, and lives in Co Wexford.
