Molly Keane (born Mary Nesta Skrine, 20 July 1904 – 22 April 1996) was an Irish writer.
She went to a boarding school in Bray, County Wicklow, married one of a Waterford squirearchical family in 1938 and had two daughters, Sally and Virginia. Between 1928 and 1956, she wrote under the pseudonym M.J. Farrell.
Awards
- Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize (1981), for the novel Good Behaviour
Books
Novels as “M. J. Farrell”:
- The Knight of Cheerful Countenance (1926)
- Young Entry (1928)
- Taking Chances (1929)
- Mad Puppetstown (1931)
- Conversation Piece (1932)
- Devoted Ladies (1934)
- Full House (1935)
- The Rising Tide (1937)
- Two Days in Aragon (1941)
- Loving Without Tears (1951)
- Treasure Hunt (1952)
Plays (as “M.J. Farrell”):
- Spring Meeting (1938). Filmed in 1941
- Ducks and Drakes (1942)
- Treasure Hunt (1949). Filmed in 1952
- Dazzling Prospect (1961)
Novels as “Molly Keane”:
- Good Behaviour (1981)
- Time After Time (1983)
- Loving and Giving (1988) (alternatively titled Queen Lear)
