Conor O'Clery

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Born in Belfast and educated educated at Queen's University Belfast, Conor O'Clery worked for The Irish Times, Ireland's leading national newspaper, for over 30 years in various positions, including news editor and foreign correspondent based in London, Moscow, Washington, Beijing and New York. He wrote for The New Republic from Moscow, contributed columns to Newsweek International, and has been a frequent commentator on BBC, NPR and CNN. He was won several awards, including twice Journalist of the Year in Ireland: in 1987 for his reporting of the Soviet Union, and in 2002 for his reporting of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center, which he witnessed from his office three blocks away. O'Clery has written a number of books on Irish politics and autobiographical works on his life in Moscow and the US. Conor O'Clery lives in Dublin, Ireland, with his wife Zhanna.

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Phrases Make History Here: Century of Irish Political Quotations, 1886-1986
Melting Snow: An Irishman in Moscow, 1991
America, A Place Called Hope?, 1993
Daring Diplomacy: Clinton's Secret Search for Peace in Ireland, 1997
The Greening of the White House, 1997
Ireland in Quotes: A History of the Twentieth Century, 1999
Panic at the Bank: How John Rusnak Lost AIB $700 Million (co-author with Siobahn Creaton), 2002