O'Connor, Ian 1965-
O'Connor, Ian 1965-
Personal
Born 1965; married; wife's name Tracey; children: Kyle.
Addresses
Home—NJ.
Career
Author of young-adult fiction and sports columnist. Columnist for Record, Bergen County, NJ, 2006—; sports columnist for USA Today and Westchester, NY, Journal News, 2006.
Writings
The Jump: Sebastian Telfair and the High-Stakes Business of High School Ball, Rodale Press (Emmaus, PA), 2005.
Arnie and Jack: Palmer, Nicklaus, and Golf's Greatest Rivalry, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 2008.
Biographical and Critical Sources
PERIODICALS
Booklist, March 1, 2005, Wes Lukowsky, review of The Jump: Sebastian Telfair and the High-Stakes Business of High School Ball, p. 1129; March 1, 2008, Bill Ott, review of Arnie and Jack: Palmer, Nicklaus, and Golf's Greatest Rivalry, p. 40.
Kirkus Reviews, February 1, 2008, review of Arnie and Jack.
Library Journal, March 15, 2005, Larry R. Little, review of The Jump, p. 91.
Publishers Weekly, February 25, 2008, review of Arnie and Jack, p. 67.
ONLINE
Journal News Online (Westchester, NY), http://www.thejournalnews.com/ (March 28, 2008), "Ian O'Connor."