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Mary Beth Keane


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Mary Beth Keane attended Barnard College and earned an MFA from the University of Virginia, where she was a Henry Hoyns Fellow. She was a winner of the Chicago Tribune's Nelson Algren Prize in 2004 and was a 2005 Pushcart Prize nominee. She currently lives in Philadelphia with her husband and son.
 

Awards: NBA (2011)  see all

Genres: Literary Fiction
 
Novels
   The Walking People (2009)
   Fever (2013)
   Ask Again, Yes (2019)
   The Half Moon (2023)
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Awards
2011 National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 : The Walking People

Award nominations
2010 PEN/Hemingway Award (nominee) : The Walking People


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Penitence (2025)
Kristin Koval
"This story begins with a shocking act of violence but unfolds into a tender story of family, long-held secrets, and what ifs. Penitence is both a gripping page-turner and a loving exploration of what it really means to forgive."
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The World After Alice (2024)
Lauren Aliza Green
"The World After Alice is a study of grief, resilience, and surprising joy in the face of incomprehensible loss. I know these characters will stay with me."
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The Lion Women of Tehran (2024)
Marjan Kamali
"In The Lion Women of Tehran, Marjan Kamali brings to life the beauty and tragedy of Iran in the 1960s. From the delicious scent of spices simmering, to the colors of the bazaar, to the snowflakes landing on a certain character's hair, this story came brilliantly alive to me from the very first page. Courage, friendship, loyalty, hardship, love - this novel has everything."

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