MAEVE BRENNAN left Ireland for American in 1934, when she was seventeen. In 1949 she joined the staff of The New Yorker, to which she contributed reviews, essays, and short stories. Her acclaimed works The Rose Garden, The Visitor, and The Springs of Affection are also available from Counterpoint. Maeve Brennan died in 1993 at the age of seventy-six.
She is the author of:
The Springs of Affection: Stories of Dublin
The Long-Winded Lady: Notes from The New Yorker
The Rose Garden: Short Stories