Mary Beth Keane

About the author

Mary Beth Keane is the author of The Walking People, Fever, and Ask Again, Yes, which was a New York Times best seller, The Tonight Show Summer Reads pick, and a finalist for the Goodreads Book of the Year. The Half Moon, her fourth novel, is forthcoming May 2, 2023. Mary Beth was awarded a John S. Guggenheim fellowship for fiction writing, and has received citations from the National Book Foundation, PEN America, and the Hemingway Society. She lives outside of New York City with her husband and sons.