Joseph O'Connor

Joseph Victor O'Connor (born 20 September 1963) is an Irish novelist and brother of singer Sinéad O'Connor. Before success as an author he was a journalist with Sunday newspaper The Sunday Tribune and Esquire magazine.

His novel "Cowboys and Indians" (1991) was on the shortlist for the Whitbread Prize. In 2002, he wrote the novel "Star of the Sea," which "The Economist" listed as one of the top books of 2003.

elected publications

* "Cowboys and Indians" (1991)
* "True Believers" (Short Stories)
* "Even the Olives are Bleeding: The Life and Times of Charles Donnelly" (1993)
* "Desperadoes" (1993)
* "The Secret World of the Irish Male" (1994)
* "The Irish Male at Home and Abroad" (1996)
* "Sweet Liberty: Travels in Irish America" (1996)
* "The Salesman" (1998)
* "Inishowen" (2000)
* "Star of the Sea" (2002)
* "Redemption Falls" (2007)

Stage plays

* "Red Roses and Petrol"
* "The Weeping of Angels"

External links

* [http://www.identitytheory.com/interviews/birnbaum113.html identitytheory.com interview]
* [http://www.barnesandnoble.com/writers/writerdetails.asp?userid=PP3xePECrU&cid=1118194#interview Barnesandnoble.com interview]