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Mary Beth Keane

Biography

Mary Beth Keane

Mary Beth Keane is the author of five novels, including the New York Times bestseller ASK AGAIN, YES. She was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for fiction writing and has received citations from the National Book Foundation, PEN America, and the Hemingway Society. Born in the Bronx to parents from the west of Ireland, she lives in New York with her husband and two sons.

Books by Mary Beth Keane

Whale Harbor
by Mary Beth Keane - Fiction

From the New York Times bestselling author of ASK AGAIN, YES comes a sweeping multigenerational saga inspired by Mary Beth Keane's own family history, following 11 brothers as they are set on different paths between Ireland, England, Montana and New York.

The Half Moon
by Mary Beth Keane - Fiction

From the bestselling author of ASK AGAIN, YES comes a masterful novel about a couple in a small town who must navigate the complexities of marriage, family and longing.

Ask Again, Yes
by Mary Beth Keane - Fiction

ASK AGAIN, YES is a profoundly moving novel about two neighboring families in a suburban town, the friendship between their children, a tragedy that reverberates over four decades, the daily intimacies of marriage, and the power of forgiveness.