Michael J. O’Hara is an American author, screenwriter and producer.
O’Hara was born in New York City and raised in the Inwood section of Northern Manhattan. He graduated with a B.A. in English and Government from Manhattan College.
After college, O’Hara worked as a political reporter for two Gannett newspapers (The Titusville Star Advocate and Cocoa Today).
He moved to Hollywood in the late 1970s and ended up working in the press department at NBC, [1] becoming NBC’s V.P. of West Coast Publicity and, later, an executive producer and screenwriter. [2]
His first novel, Dos Angeles, was published in the fall of 2015.
Besides an Emmy nomination ("Switched at Birth"), other honors include: a Christopher Award (“A Child’s Wish”); a Prism Award (“The Accident”); [3] and the Media Award from The National Council on Problem Gambling (“Playing to Win.”) [4]
O’Hara and his wife Doris live in Malibu, California. They have two children, Mariah and John.
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