About Joseph O'Connor
Joseph O'Connor was born in Dublin and has written ten Irish number one bestsellers. His debut novel Cowboys and Indians was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize. His other acclaimed novels are Desperadoes, The Salesman and Inishowen. He has also written stage plays, film scripts, journalism, humour and a collection of short stories, True Believers. Among his many awards are the Hennessy Writer of the Year Prize, the Miramax Ireland Screenwriting Award and the Macaulay Fellowship of the Irish Arts Council. His work has been published in fifteen languages.
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 (2012)
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 (2012)
Novels
Cowboys and Indians (1991)
Desperadoes (1993)
The Salesman (1997)
Inishowen (2000)
Yeats is Dead!: A Novel by Fifteen Irish Writers (2001) (with Anthony Cronin, Roddy Doyle, Hugo Hamilton, Marian Keyes, Frank McCourt, Pauline McLynn, Conor McPherson)
The Star of the Sea (2002)
Redemption Falls (2007)
Ghost Light (2010)
Desperadoes (1993)
The Salesman (1997)
Inishowen (2000)
Yeats is Dead!: A Novel by Fifteen Irish Writers (2001) (with Anthony Cronin, Roddy Doyle, Hugo Hamilton, Marian Keyes, Frank McCourt, Pauline McLynn, Conor McPherson)
The Star of the Sea (2002)
Redemption Falls (2007)
Ghost Light (2010)
Collections
Series contributed to
Finbar's Hotel (with Dermot Bolger, Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright, Hugo Hamilton, Jennifer Johnston and Colm Tóibín)
Finbar's Hotel (1999)
Finbar's Hotel (1999)
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
Even the Olives Are Bleeding: The Life and Times of Charles Donnelly (1992)
Sweet Liberty: Travels in Irish America (1996)
Sweet Liberty: Travels in Irish America (1996)
Joseph O'Connor recommends
 Skin of Dreams (2003) Evelyn Conlon "This is the kind of Irish novel that is all too rare." |  Signal and Noise (2003) John Griesemer "Capacious, gutsy and gratifying." |  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." | |
 The Companion (2007) Lorcan Roche "Lorcan Roche is a fresh and vivid voice in new Irish fiction. I love the energy of his writing and its passionate engagement with the world. He is a gifted and clever storyteller." |  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." |  The Brothers' Lot (2011) Kevin Holohan "A memorable, skillfully wrought, and evocative satire of an Ireland that has collapsed under the weight of its contradictions." |
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