Joseph O'Connor

novelist

Joseph O’Connor was born in Dublin, Ireland. His books include six previous novels: *Cowboys and Indians* (short-listed for the Whitbread Prize), *Desperadoes*, *The Salesman*, *Inishowen*, *Star of the Sea*, and *Redemption Falls*. *Star of the Sea* became an international bestseller, winning the *Irish Post* Award for Literature, and France’s Prix Millepages, Italy’s Premio Acerbi, and the Prix Madeleine Zepter for European Novel of the Year. His work has been published in thirty-five languages.