Keiran Goddard
Keiran Goddard is a British novelist, poet and social commentator from Shard End, Birmingham.
Novels
His debut novel, Hourglass, was nominated for the Desmond Elliott Prize. The novel was praised by Nina Renata Aron in The Los Angeles Times, and received a more critical review from Alyssa Songsiridej in The Toronto Star.Goddard's second novel is I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning In a review for The Guardian, Barney Norris described it as "a multivocal narrative focusing on a working-class community in Birmingham." Kirkus Reviews praised the book's "extraordinary writing", but noted " seem uncommonly reflective and articulate, even when drunk or stoned or suicidal." The novel was published internationally and nominated for the Gordon Burn Prize.
It is also being adapted for film by Enda Walsh and Clio Barnard for BBC Film. It will star Daryl McCormack, Joe Cole, Lola Petticrew, Anthony Boyle, Jay Lycurgo, Millie Brady and Lucie Shorthouse.