Keith Donohue's first novel, The Stolen Child, was a New York Times bestseller. For many years a ghostwriter, he now works at a federal governmental agency in Washington, D.C. He has published short stories and literary criticism, most recently an introduction to the collected works of Flann O'Brien. Donohue holds a Ph.D. in English from the Catholic University of America.
I like to be very proactive. I like to inspire and uplift, and there are moments where I'll share my deep, dark .. you know, the hard stuff, because I think that's what inspires people, too. But for the most part this book is really about giving people tools. And I don't think wallowing is a tool.
At age seven, a boy named Henry disappears, kidnapped not far from home by a band of fairies or hobgoblins, who send a lookalike impostor to replace him, in Keith Donohue's debut novel called "The Stolen Child." Donohue maintains a modern-day myth that recalls fairy tales going back hundreds of generations.
I like to be very proactive. I like to inspire and uplift, and there are moments where I'll share my deep, dark .. you know, the hard stuff, because I think that's what inspires people, too. But for the most part this book is really about giving people tools. And I don't think wallowing is a tool.
