Stewart O'Nan





Stewart O'Nan

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in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, The United States
February 04, 1961

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Stewart O'Nan is the author of eleven novels, including Snow Angels and A Prayer for the Dying, a story collection, and two works of nonfiction. His previous novel, Last Night at the Lobster, was a national bestseller, was nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was named one of the New York Public Library Books to Remember. Additionally, Granta named him one of the 20 Best Young American Novelists. O'Nan lives with his family in Avon, Connecticut."

Note: Stewart O'Nan published also the book "A Good Day to Die" under his pseudonym James Coltrane. You'll find it here: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5445945.James_Coltrane_Stewart_O_Nan_



Average rating: 3.59 · 23,068 ratings · 4,524 reviews · 21 distinct works · Similar authors
Last Night at the Lobster
3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 4,573 ratings — published 2007 — 15 editions
Faithful: Two Diehard Bosto...
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 2,158 ratings — published 2004 — 18 editions
Emily, Alone
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 2,123 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions
Songs for the Missing
3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 2,278 ratings — published 2008 — 14 editions
The Odds: A Love Story
3.32 of 5 stars 3.32 avg rating — 1,715 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
A Prayer for the Dying
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 1,205 ratings — published 1999 — 9 editions
The Good Wife
3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 1,086 ratings — published 2005 — 12 editions
Wish You Were Here
3.28 of 5 stars 3.28 avg rating — 1,128 ratings — published 2002 — 9 editions
Snow Angels
3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 1,016 ratings — published 1994 — 19 editions
The Circus Fire: A True Sto...
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 818 ratings — published 2000 — 15 editions
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“The sins of the Midwest: flatness, emptiness, a necessary acceptance of the familiar. Where is the romance in being buried alive? In growing old?”
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“The two hardest things about writing are starting and not stopping.”
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“I don't like coming home. It keeps me from being nostalgic, which by nature I am. Even before the plane begins its descent, I find myself dreading the questions left unanswered by my childhood. ”
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