Author Evenings

Nicola Keegan discusses her first novel in her talk, "The genesis of Swimming: How I took the personal and made it not mine."

About Nicola Keegan

Author Nicola Keegan divides her time between Ireland and France. In her stylish first novel, Swimming, Keegan tells the story of Pip, who is tall, flat and supernaturally buoyant -- qualities she relies on in her efforts to become an Olympic champion. Swimming traces Pip's journey from a small Midwestern team to the Olympic podium in Barcelona, from shaky adolescence to a young woman confident in the power of her own body. Good Housekeeping called this book "a shimmering debut."

Read a review of Swimming from Publishers Weekly.