Keith Donohue (novelist)

Keith Donohue
Born	1959 (age 65–66) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Speechwriter novelist construction worker cigar store manager box office clerk bureaucrat
Education	Duquesne University (BA, MA) Catholic University of America (PhD)
Genre	novel, short story
Literary movement	magical realism

Keith Donohue (born 1959) is an American novelist. He is the author of six novels: The Girl in the Bog (2024), The Motion of Puppets (2016), The Boy Who Drew Monsters (2014), Centuries of June (2011), Angels of Destruction (2009), and The Stolen Child (2006). His acclaimed 2006 novel The Stolen Child, about a changeling, was inspired by the Yeats poem of the same name.

Background

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he earned his B.A. and M.A. from Duquesne University and his Ph.D. in English from the Catholic University of America.

Until 1998 he worked at the National Endowment for the Arts and wrote speeches for chairman Jane Alexander, and is currently director of communications for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the grant-making arm of the US National Archives in Washington, DC. ^[1]

He has also written book reviews for the Washington Post .^{[ citation needed ]}

Works

• Centuries of June. New York: Crown Publishers. 2011. ISBN   978-0-307-45028-9.
• Angels of Destruction. New York: Shaye Areheart Books. 2009. ISBN   978-0-307-45025-8.
• The Stolen Child. New York: Nan A. Talese. 2006. ISBN   0-385-51616-9.
• The Irish Anatomist: A Study of Flann O'Brien. Bethesda: Maunsel Press. 2002. ISBN   1-930901-35-6.
• The Boy Who Drew Monsters. New York: Picador. 2014. ISBN   978-1-250-05715-0.
• The Motion of Puppets. New York: Picador. 2016. ISBN   978-1-250-05718-1.

References

1. NHPRC Staff page

Sources

Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale Group, 2007. PEN (Permanent Entry Number): 0000169243.

External links

• Author website