Garry O'Connor, the son of the Irish singer Cavan O'Connor, and grand-nephew of Dame Maggie Teyte, was born in London and educated at St Albans School and King's College, Cambridge. He studied mime at the Jacques LeCoq School in Paris before joining the Royal Shakespeare company as Michel Saint-Denis's assistant. O'Connor directed in the theatre for six years before he became a f,ull-time writer.
He has had five of his own plays produced, among them The Musicians, Semmelweis and Dialogue Between Friends, and has reviewed theatre and cinema for The Times and the Financial Times. O'Connor's first book, French Theatre Today, was published in 1976. He wrote and directed De Raptu Meo, based on an episode in his novel Chaucer's Triumph, which was performed at the Inner Temple and more recently A Very British Fire, commemorating the Fire of London at Middle Temple Hall.
Among the subjects of his highly-praised biographies are Ralph Richardson, Alec Guinness (considered by the Literary Review to be 'one of the truly great actor biographies of our time'), Peggy Ashcroft, Paul Scofield, Maggie Teyte, Pope John Paul II, Sean O''Casey and William Shakespeare. The Richardson, Guinness, Ashcroft and Scofield books have been re-published as e-books.
O'Connor's novels include Darlings of the Gods, which was filmed as a mini-series from his original non-fiction book about Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh ('a brilliant perceptive portrait' according to The Observer), Campion's Ghost, which was adapted into a play for BBC Radio 4 starring Paul McGann and Timothy West, and Chaucer's Triumph.
Garry has published a book of two plays, Debussy Was My Grandfather and The Madness of Vivien Leigh. A further novel, The Book That Kills is to be published in the autumn. Following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI Garry has published a biography which was published on 1 May 2013. Also published the same day was The 1st Household Cavalry 1943-44: In The Shadow of Monte Amaro.
Garry lives on the borders of Oxfordshire and Northampton with his family and other animals.
He has had five of his own plays produced, among them The Musicians, Semmelweis and Dialogue Between Friends, and has reviewed theatre and cinema for The Times and the Financial Times. O'Connor's first book, French Theatre Today, was published in 1976. He wrote and directed De Raptu Meo, based on an episode in his novel Chaucer's Triumph, which was performed at the Inner Temple and more recently A Very British Fire, commemorating the Fire of London at Middle Temple Hall.
Among the subjects of his highly-praised biographies are Ralph Richardson, Alec Guinness (considered by the Literary Review to be 'one of the truly great actor biographies of our time'), Peggy Ashcroft, Paul Scofield, Maggie Teyte, Pope John Paul II, Sean O''Casey and William Shakespeare. The Richardson, Guinness, Ashcroft and Scofield books have been re-published as e-books.
O'Connor's novels include Darlings of the Gods, which was filmed as a mini-series from his original non-fiction book about Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh ('a brilliant perceptive portrait' according to The Observer), Campion's Ghost, which was adapted into a play for BBC Radio 4 starring Paul McGann and Timothy West, and Chaucer's Triumph.
Garry has published a book of two plays, Debussy Was My Grandfather and The Madness of Vivien Leigh. A further novel, The Book That Kills is to be published in the autumn. Following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI Garry has published a biography which was published on 1 May 2013. Also published the same day was The 1st Household Cavalry 1943-44: In The Shadow of Monte Amaro.
Garry lives on the borders of Oxfordshire and Northampton with his family and other animals.
