John B. Keane nació el 21 de julio de 1928 en Irlanda. Fue un escritor, conocido por The Field (1990), The Field (1968) y Durango (1999). Estuvo casado con Mary O'Connor. Murió el 30 de mayo de 2002 en Irlanda.
I was writing about people I knew, people who lived about two miles from Listowel, and that I'd grown up with. They're all gone now, but they made me their spokesperson and I felt a responsibility to tell their story, to preserve a wonderful tradition in written form.
