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Joseph O'Connor


Born
in Dublin, Ireland
September 20, 1963

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Genre
Literature & Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction


There is more than one author with this name

Joseph O’Connor was born in Dublin. He is the author of the novels Cowboys and Indians (short-listed for the Whitbread Prize), Desperadoes , The Salesman , Inishowen , Star of the Sea and Redemption Falls , as well as a number of bestselling works of non-fiction.

He was recently voted ‘Irish Writer of the Decade’ by the readers of Hot Press magazine. He broadcasts a popular weekly radio diary on RTE’s Drivetime With Mary Wilson and writes regularly for The Guardian Review and The Sunday Independent. In 2009 he was the Harman Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at Baruch College, the City University of New York. ...more

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Average rating: 3.87 · 38,278 ratings · 4,015 reviews · 105 distinct works • Similar authors
Star of the Sea
3.93 avg rating — 12,050 ratings — published 2002 — 93 editions
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My Father's House (Rome Esc...
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Shadowplay
3.86 avg rating — 3,837 ratings — published 2019 — 27 editions
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The Ghosts of Rome (Rome Es...
4.01 avg rating — 2,145 ratings — published 2025 — 10 editions
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Ghost Light
3.50 avg rating — 1,889 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions
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Inishowen
3.80 avg rating — 1,326 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions
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Redemption Falls
3.50 avg rating — 1,197 ratings — published 2007 — 35 editions
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The Salesman
3.92 avg rating — 1,001 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions
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The Thrill of It All
3.75 avg rating — 868 ratings — published 2014 — 25 editions
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Series by Joseph O'Connor

My Father's House The Ghosts of Rome
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Star of the Sea Redemption Falls
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3.89 avg rating — 13,247 ratings

The Secret World Of The Iri... The Irish Male At Home and ... The Last of the Irish Males The Irish Male: His Greates... The Shorter Irish Male
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“Love and freedom are such hideous words. So many cruelties have been done in their name.”
― Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea
tags: cruelties, freedom, injustice, love
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“It is not a matter of ends justifying means: but of the creation of new means and new ends.”
― Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea
tags: means-and-ends
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“Everything is in the way the material is composed.”
― Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea
tags: communication, journalism, media-bias
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