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Joseph O'Connor

JOSEPH O'CONNOR was born in 1963 and has written thirteen books, most recently the novel Star of the Sea, which sold a million copies around the world. His work has been published in thirty languages, and he also writes for the stage and screen. He lives with his wife and two sons in Dublin, Ireland.

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    1. Joseph O'Connor: Redemption Falls
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Jun 28, 2009
Redemption Falls will be released on June 10, 2008 in Trade Paperback
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Chapter 1 from Redemption Falls
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Irish Independent, April 8, 2012
...Barry can do no wrong. Dark Lies the Island is adorned with borderline-hyperbolic encomiums from Roddy Doyle and Joseph O'Connor. At the awards ceremony, Melvyn Bragg praised Barry's story, Beer Trip to Llandudno, for its "wit, pathos and great energy"....
Irish Times, March 31, 2012
...city through humour, fantasy, horror and mythology. We've opened ourselves to new novels by Sebastian Barry and Joseph O'Connor, who have examined the plight of Dublin soldiers in the first World War and of an actress recalling her experience during the...
Irish Times, March 13, 2012
...by Jeff Kinney, including his most famous series Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Ghost Light by Irish author Joseph O'Connor was the most borrowed book in libraries last year. The popularity of O'Connor's book was no doubt boosted in being chosen for Dublin's One...
Irish Independent, March 11, 2012
...the overall New Irish Writer of the Year, receives an additional trophy and 2,500. Previous winners include Joseph O'Connor, Colum McCann, Patrick McCabe, Deirdre Madden, and Frank McGuinness...
Irish Independent, March 7, 2012
...induction to the hall of fame of previous New Irish Writers contributors. They will join previous recipients including Joseph O'Connor, Sebastian Barry and Neil Jordan...
Irish Independent, March 4, 2012
...since her previous novels -- The Semantics of Murder and The Loss Adjustor -- won high praise from Joseph O'Connor and Nicholas Shakespeare, among others. This one is all bang, bang, bang, with no thought for the impact on the readers' ears. The other...
Irish Times, February 25, 2012
...in the shops. Kevin Barry's new book of stories, Dark Lies the Island , is due in April, Joseph O'Connor has a new book of stories on the way and, to top it all, the Dublin City Libraries One City: One Book choice for this year is James...
RTE Online, March 2, 2012
...sold close to 15 million copies worldwide, is the most popular Irish author for the third year running. Joseph O'Connor's Ghost Light, Dublin City's 'One City One Book' for 2011, was the nation's most borrowed book last year. Reacting to the news, Mr...
Irish Film Board, February 28, 2012
...1916 Dublin. The four runners up were Jasmina Kallay with her drama Das Irland, Anne Marie Casey and Joseph O'Connor with their biopic Grace 1916, Hugh Travers with his black comedy The Players and Virginia Gilbert with her drama The Boys who will all...
Individual.com, February 27, 2012
...has simply crumbled. At least two other stones recovered last week were related to the Meagher family. Timothy Joseph O'Connor was the son of Celia's sister, Elizabeth; and Timothy Meagher, husband of Ellen (Celia's mother), was an invalid when the...
Irish Times, February 25, 2012
...in the shops. Kevin Barry's new book of stories, Dark Lies the Island , is due in April, Joseph O'Connor has a new book of stories on the way and, to top it all, the Dublin City Libraries One City: One Book choice for this year is James...
Irish Film Board, February 22, 2012
...A tale of what if. What if promised German help had materialised in 1916? Anne Marie Casey and Joseph O'Connor with their bopic Grace 1916: The story of Grace Gifford, woman, artist and icon of a revolution. Hugh Travers with The Players : A black...
Minneapolis Star Tribune, February 22, 2012
...Kahneman Pakistan: A Hard Country, by Anatol Lieven The Panic Virus, by Seth Mnookin FICTION Ghost Light by Joseph O'Connor The Cat's Table, by Michael Ondaatje The Buddha in the Attic, by Julie Otsuka Binocular Vision, stories by Edith Pearlman...
Yahoo!Xtra, February 20, 2012
...age 41 of WellingtonErica Avir Reyes Nora, age 20 of PhillipinesBlair James O'Connor, age 34 of ChristchurchJohn Joseph O'Connor, age 40 of IrelandNoriko Otsubo, age 41 of JapanLinda Rosemary Parker, age 50 of ChristchurchJoseph Tehau Pohio, age 40 of...