Keith Ridgway

Keith Ridgway is the author of The Long Falling, which won both the 2001 Prix Fémina Étranger and Premier Roman Étranger. His collection of stories Standard Time won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. His second novel, The Parts, alongside his novella, Horses, was shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award 2003. His novel, A Shock (2021), was shortlisted for the 2021 Goldsmiths Prize and was awarded the 2022 James Tait Black Prize for Fiction. Dooneen is his first novel to be published by Fitzcarraldo Editions and will be released in June 2026. Keith is from Dublin and he lives in London.