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.
Forty Words for Sorrow Forty Words for Sorrow is a crime novel from Canadian novelist Giles Blunt, and the first to feature his protagonists John Cardinal and Lise Delorme. Blunt had previous published one other novel, "Cold Eye", but this was his first crime novel, and the first to be a critical and commercial success. The novel won the Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger in 2001.