Are Joseph O'Connor and Iris Murdoch both novelist?
Joseph O'Connor Joseph Victor O'Connor 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". He is a regular contributor to Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). He is a member of the Irish artists' association Aosdána.
Richard Hughes (journalist) Richard Joseph Hughes CBE (5 March 19064 January 1984) was an Australian journalist who spent much of his life in the Far East as correspondent for "The Times", "The Economist" and the "Far Eastern Economic Review". He was the inspiration for the fictional character Dikko Henderson in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel "You Only Live Twice", and for 'Old Craw' in John le Carré's "The Honourable Schoolboy".