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Joseph Victor O'Connor (born 20 September 1963) is an Irish novelist. His 2002 historical novel Star of the Sea was an international number one bestseller. Before success as an author, he was a journalist with the Sunday Tribune newspaper and Esquire magazine.
During World War II, Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, helped over 6,500 American and British soldiers and Jewish people escape the Nazis. Joseph O’Connor’s new novel is a spy thriller set in Rome.
Joseph O'Connor has 84 books on Goodreads with 67072 ratings. Joseph O'Connor’s most popular book is Star of the Sea.
Novelist, screenwriter, playwright and broadcaster, Joseph O’Connor was born in Dublin. He is the author of nine novels including Star of the Sea, Ghost Light (Dublin One City One Book novel 2011) and Shadowplay (June 2019).
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.
Star of the Sea is a historical novel by the Irish writer Joseph O'Connor published in 2002. The novel is set in 1847 against the backdrop of the Irish famine. Star of the Sea became an international number one bestseller, selling more than 800,000 copies in a year.
Feb 4, 2023 · Joseph O’Connor Q&A: Every good writer aims for the ability to make something difficult seem effortless. O’Connor’s latest work, My Father’s House, follows a group of activists who run an...
Jan 1, 2002 · Joseph O'Connor. 3.92. 11,069 ratings855 reviews. In the bitter winter of 1847, from an Ireland torn by famine and injustice, the Star of the Sea sets sail for New York. On board are hundreds of refugees, some optimistic, many more desperate.
From Publishers’ Weekly – This brooding historical fiction by novelist, playwright and critic O’Connor (Cowboys and Indians) chronicles the mayhem aboard the Star of the Sea, a leaky old sailing ship crossing from Ireland to New York during the bitter winter of 1847, its steerage crammed to the bulkheads with diseased and starving ...
Joseph O'Connor was born in Dublin. He has written thirteen books, including five previous novels: Cowboys and Indians, Desperadoes, The Salesman, Inishowen and most recently Star of the Sea, which became an international bestseller, winning the Irish Post Award for Literature, an American Library Association Award, France's Prix Millepages and ...
