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Joseph O'Connor

Ireland (b.1963)

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 the Prix Madeleine Zepter for European Novel of the Year. His work has been published in twenty-nine languages.

Genres: Historical, Literary Fiction, Mystery

Series

Irish Male trilogy
   1. The Secret World of the Irish Male (1994)
   2. The Irish Male at Home and Abroad (1996)
   3. The Last of the Irish Males (2001)
   The Irish Male: His Greatest Hits (2009)
   The Shorter Irish Male (2011)

Novels

   Cowboys and Indians (1991)
   Desperadoes (1994)
   The Salesman (1998)
   Inishowen (2000)
   Yeats is Dead! (2001) (with Anthony Cronin, Roddy Doyle, Hugo Hamilton, Marian Keyes, Frank McCourt, Pauline McLynn and Conor McPherson)
   The Star of the Sea (2002)
   Redemption Falls (2007)
   Ghost Light (2010)
   The Thrill of it All (2014)
   Shadowplay (2019)

Collections

   True Believers (1991)
   Red Roses and Petrol (1995)
   Where Have You Been? (2012)

Series contributed to

Finbar's Hotel (with Dermot Bolger, Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright, Hugo Hamilton, Jennifer Johnston and Colm Tóibín)
Finbar's Hotel (1997)

Open Door Series 2
The Comedian (2000)

Open Door
The Shorter Irish Male (2011)

Anthologies edited

New Irish Short Stories (2011)

Non fiction

Even the Olives Are Bleeding (1992)
Sweet Liberty (1996)

Awards

	Walter Scott Prize Best Historical Novel nominee (2011) : Ghost Light
	Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing Best Novel nominee (2014) : The Thrill of it All
	Costa Book Awards Best Novel nominee (2019) : Shadowplay
	Walter Scott Prize Best Historical Novel nominee (2020) : Shadowplay

Joseph O'Connor recommends

Signal and Noise (2003)
John Griesemer
"Capacious, gutsy and gratifying."

Skin of Dreams (2003)
Evelyn Conlon
"This is the kind of Irish novel that is all too rare."

Swallowing the Sun (2004)
David Park
"Wrenchingly affecting ... Flawed, brilliant, knotty, uncompromising, this is not an easy novel, but it is an important and beautiful one."

Little Criminals (2005)
Gene Kerrigan
"Gene Kerrigan's writing is magnificent."

Loving Him (2005)
Kate O'Riordan
"A terrific storyteller."

Hellfire (2006)
Mia Gallagher
"An audacious and wonderfully skilled writer... a novel of many pleasures."

Disguise (2008)
Hugo Hamilton
"An exquisitely gifted writer."

Ilustrado (2010)
Miguel Syjuco
"A dazzling and virtuosic adventure."

City of Bohane (2011)
Kevin Barry
"An electrifying masterpiece."

A Line Made By Walking (2017)
Sara Baume
"After a remarkable and deservedly award-winning debut, here is a novel of uniqueness, wonder, recognition, poignancy, truth-speaking, quiet power, strange beauty and luminous bedazzlement. Once again, I’ve been Baumed."

Last Ones Left Alive (2019)
Sarah Davis-Goff
"A debut novel of jaw-dropping skill and immense power, a shimmering dystopian vision but also a lucid meditation on tenderness, intimacy and courage. From the get-go it gripped me, and since the last page I've been haunted."

The Fire Starters (2019)
Jan Carson
"Blew me away with its power, anger and wit."

Our Little Cruelties (2020)
Liz Nugent
"Evocative, vivid, brilliant storytelling from a novelist of powerful gifts."

Pilgrims (2020)
Matthew Kneale
"An enthralling and wonderfully vivid novel from a master storyteller."

Nora (2021)
Nuala O'Connor
"An exceptional novel by one of the most brilliant contemporary Irish writers."

Dinner Party (2021)
Sarah Gilmartin
"An immensely powerful debut novel from a writer here to stay. Sarah Gilmartin is a really wonderful storyteller."

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