Claire Keegan is the author of Antarctica, a Los Angeles Times Book of the Year, and Walk the Blue Fields which won the 2008 Edge Hill Prize for the finest book of stories published in the British Isles. 
Her stories have won numerous awards including The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, The William Trevor Prize (judged by William Trevor), The Macaulay Fellowship, The Martin Healy Prize, The Tom Gallon Award, The Kilkenny Prize, The Olive Cook Award and The Hugh Leonard Bursary. Twice the winner of The Francis MacManus Award, Keegan’s story “Foster” was recently announced as the winner of The Davy Byrne’s Award – the world’s largest prize for a single short story. It was judged by Richard Ford.
She has taught at The University of Wales; Dublin City University; University College, Dublin; University College, Cork; was Heimbold Professor of Irish Studies at Villanova University, Pennsylvania in 2007 and was writer in residence at the Celtic Studies Department at the University of Toronto. Once a Wingate scholar she is now a member of Aosdana. Her stories have been published in many journals and anthologies including Granta, The Paris Review and The New Yorker. She lives in rural Ireland.