John Joseph O'Brien
Born: 1937 in Chicago, Illinois
Pen Name: None Connection to Illinois: John O'Brien lived his whole life in Illinois. Biography: Uncertain about what to do with his life after finishing junior college in 1959, John O'Brien answered a help-wanted ad for a newspaper reporter. In 2003 Mr. O'Brien was honored as one of the city's journalism greats by the Chicago Press Veterans Association, which named him Press Veteran of the Year.
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Chicago heist / ISBN: 089708053X OCLC: 8011689 And Books, South Bend, Ind. : ©1981. |
| Teresita, the voice from the grave : ISBN: 0929387678 OCLC: 26852751 Bonus Books, Chicago : ©1992. |