Mary Beckett

Mary Beckett (1926–2013)^[2] was an Irish author.

Mary Beckett
Born	1926 Belfast, Northern Ireland
Died	2013(2013-00-00) (aged 86–87) Dublin, Ireland[1]
Occupation	Author
Nationality	Irish
Alma mater	St. Mary's Teacher Training College[2]
Notable works	Give Them Stones A Belfast Woman A Literary Woman[2]
Notable awards	1987 The Sunday Tribute Arts Award for Literature
Children	5

Biography

She was born in Belfast.^[3] She attended St. Dominic's High School and then proceeded to St. Mary's Teacher Training College. She married and moved to Dublin where she worked as a teacher. She had five children.

Writing career

In the 1950s, she wrote radio plays for BBC Northern Ireland and had several short stories published.^[4]

It was not until she was in her fifties that she began publish again. Her first was a collection of her earlier short stories entitled A Belfast Woman (1980).^[5][6] This was followed by A Literary Woman (1990). She also wrote a novel entitled Give them Stones (1987), and several children's books including Orla was Six, Orla at School, A Family Tree, and Hannah, or the Pink Balloons.