Patrick O'Keeffe (writer) explained

Patrick O’Keeffe (born 1963 in Limerick) is an Irish American novelist and short story writer.

Life

He grew up in County Limerick, on a farm with his 9 brothers and sisters, but moved to the United States in his 20s to pursue writing.^[1] He graduated from the University of Kentucky, and from the University of Michigan with an MFA.^[2] He taught at the University of Michigan, University of Cincinnati,^[3] and Colgate University.^[4] He currently teaches in the graduate creative writing program at Ohio University.

Awards

• 2006 Whiting Award
• 2005 Story Prize^[5]

Works

• Book: The Hill Road . Penguin . October 31, 2005. 978-0-14-303793-4 .
• Book: The Visitors . Viking . March 13, 2014 . 978-0-67-002463-6 . registration .

External links

• Patrick O'keeffe, personal web site
• Profile at The Whiting Foundation
• ""The Hill Road", Mostly Fiction Mary Whipple FEB 19, 2007
• "Patrick O'Keeffe", Arts at Michigan, Zoe Rudisill, Winter 2006
• "Story Prize winner Patrick O'Keeffe", Vanderbilt University, December 9, 2009
• "Colgate's Living Writers: Patrick O'Keeffe 11/12/09" YouTube

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bloomsbury - Authors. Bloomsbury.com.
2. Web site: Patrick O'Keeffe page - biography bibliography interview article . 2009-12-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110514151821/http://www.authortrek.com/patrick_o-keeffe_page.html . 2011-05-14 .
3. Web site: University of Michigan News Service. www.umich.edu.
4. Web site: 404 - File or directory not found. colgate.edu.
5. News: Patrick O'Keeffe wins $20,000 Story Prize . CBC News . January 26, 2006.