Erin O'Brien (born 1965) is an American fiction and nonfiction writer in the Cleveland area. From 2006 to 2010, she wrote the biweekly column "Rainy Day Woman," originally for the Cleveland Free Times and then the Cleveland Scene; her features and essays also have appeared in the Cleveland Plain Dealer,Michael Heaton, "Erin O'Brien keeps the flame for her brother, author John O'Brien, while staring her own literary fire", The Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 25, 2009 (accessed 23 Feb. 2016) the New York Times,Erin O'Brien, "Meanwhile, Back in Cleveland..." New York Times, July 10, 2010 (accessed 23 Feb. 2016) the Los Angeles Times, and elsewhere. Her first novel, Harvey and Eck, was published by Zumaya Publications in 2005.Maryann Miller, Book Reviews: Harvey and Eck, Forward Reviews, August 18, 2009 (accessed 24 Feb. 2016) Her first book of nonfiction, titled The Irish Hungarian Guide to the Domestic Arts, was published by Red Giant Books in 2012.Red Giant Books, Authors (accessed 24 Feb. 2016)
She writes the blog "The Erin O'Brien Owner's Manual for Human Beings".
Erin O'Brien is the sister of writer John O'Brien, author of Leaving Las Vegas. His novel The Assault on Tony's (Grove Press, 1996), had been left unfinished at the time of his death and was completed by Erin for posthumous publication.Jeff Kunerth, "Alcohol Fuels the Plot, Characters in O'Brien's Final Work," Chicago Tribune, August 7, 1996 (accessed 23 Feb. 2016)
For five years, O'Brien was the editor of the Broadview Journal in Broadview Heights, Ohio, and she is the managing editor of the site Freshwater Cleveland.Freshwater Cleveland, About Managing Editor: Erin O'Brien (accessed 23 Feb. 2016)
She also writes under the name Erin Nowjack."Erin O’Brien interview," QRD, No. 29, November 28, 2005 (accessed 23 Feb. 2016)
References
External links Home page The Irish Hungarian Guide to the Domestic Arts at Red Giant Books Interview by QRD magazine erinobrien on YouTube