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Gemma O'Connor (born 1940 in Dublin) is an Irish mystery writer. [1]
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Gemma O'Connor (born 1940 in Dublin) is an Irish mystery writer. [1]
Born in Dublin in 1940, and educated in Ireland and France, she lived in Oxford, where she worked as a bookbinder, restaurateur and stewardess before becoming a writer.[ citation needed ]
In 1995 O'Connor had her first mystery story published, and as of 2019, she has had at least four more books published.[ citation needed ]
O'Connor and eighteen other female Irish writers contributed short stories for the 2005 collection, Irish Girls Are Back in Town. [2]
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