Claire Keegan

Claire Keegan is an Irish writer known for her short stories, which have appeared in The New Yorker, Best American Short Stories, Granta and The Paris Review. She is also known for her novellas, including Foster and Small Things Like These, both of which have been adapted as films. Small Things Like These follows a coal merchant in a small Irish town at Christmas as he uncovers a dark secret at the local convent. Keegan's other titles include So Late in the Day and Walk the Blue Fields.