Brigid Keenan

Brigid Keenan (born 1939[1]) is an author and journalist. She was born in colonial India. She has worked as an editor on Nova magazine, The Observer and The Sunday Times. On marriage to a diplomat she re-orientated her career into writing books and, whilst travelling the world with her husband, has published two fashion histories as well as Travels in Kashmir (1989), Damascus: Hidden Treasures of the Old City (2001), [2] and the best selling Diplomatic Baggage (2005).[3][4] Keenan has lived and travelled in many countries in the Arab world and in Asia.

She is a founding board member of the Palestine Festival of Literature.

References

  1. ↑ Works by or about Brigid Keenan (1939-) in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
  2. ↑ WorldCat
  3. ↑ Keenan, Brigid (2005-11-13), "Life as an ambassador's wife", The Independent
  4. ↑ Hickman, Katie (2005-02-20), "Review: Diplomatic Baggage", The Times (London)
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