Walter Keady

Walter Keady - Curriculum Vitae

Walter Keady is a former Catholic priest who was born in Castlebar, County Mayo and grew up on a farm. He was employed in the Irish Civil Service before studying for the priesthood. After graduating from University College, Dublin, he studied theology at Holy Ghost Missionary College, Kimmage, and was ordained. He served as a missionary in Brazil for several years before resigning the priesthood. Then he went to the United States, where he qualified as a software engineer with IBM. After retiring from IBM he took up writing. To date he has published five novels in the genre of literary fiction, a memoir, and a collection of short stories. He has also written two plays, two screenplays, and three more novels, all of which have yet to be published. He lives in New York with his wife Jennifer.

Publications: (All set in Ireland)

CELIBATES AND OTHER LOVERS (1997, MacMurray & Beck), Book-of-the-Month selection, paperback (Harcourt Brace, 1998), German edition (Karl Blessing): hardcover, 1999, paperback, 2003. Barnes & Nobel Discover Great New Writers Award, 1997.

MARY MCGREEVY (1998, MacMurray & Beck), Book-of-the-Month selection, paperback (MacMurray & Beck, 1999), movie option (Limited Brain Trust Entertainment, Ltd., 1999), German editions (Karl Blessing, 2001-2004 hardcover and paperback). Movie option 2004, SMJ Productions (ongoing).

THE ALTRUIST (MacAdam/Cage, 2003), (Robert Hale, London, 2005), (Thorpe, UK 2005 (Large Print edition)).

THE DOWRY (Robert Hale, London 2006), (Thorpe, UK 2006 (Large Print edition), (St Martin’s Press, Winter 2007), Book-of-the-Month selection.

THE AGITATOR (Castletree Books, 2012)

BEING AND BECOMING (memoir) (Castletree Books, 2014)

LOVE, JUSTICE, AND OTHER DECEPTIONS (short stories) (Castletree Books, 2015)

Also, Short stories (Modern Maturity, March 1998), The Recorder (Journal of American-Irish Historical Society, 2004.)