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In 2001, O'Connor and Straughan moved from Hackney to Cork with their daughter Connie. [1] They later moved to Hove in East Sussex, and married in May 2008. [1] She was first diagnosed with breast cancer during her pregnancy, but recovered from it. [3]
Had one child with her husband Peter Straughan - a daughter named Connie Straughan. The credits of the 2011 release of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy include a dedication to Bridget O'Connor, who wrote the film screenplay.
- January 16, 1961
- September 22, 2010
Dec 8, 2021 · Both he and his late wife and co-writer, Bridget O’Connor, were nominated. Bridget had tragically died of cancer two years earlier and never saw the film completed.
Mar 13, 2024 · Bridget O’Connor, the daughter of Irish parents, was born in London in 1961 and died of cancer in 2010. During her too-short life, she wrote wickedly funny stories – initially while working in a building-site canteen – and prize-winning plays.
Mar 6, 2015 · She struggled to make the transition to novel writing and then suffered breast cancer while pregnant with their daughter Connie but recovered and found perhaps her true calling as a...
- Martin Doyle
Jun 23, 2021 · Kissing and time – sex and death. Can love last? O’Connor’s characters are dementedly obsessed with this question. There isn’t a scrap of surplus in her distilled prose.
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Bridget O'Connor. Bridget was born and raised in Harrow, London. From a large family, she was the second of 5 children. Her parents are Irish, her mother Bridie hails from Limerick and her father Jim is from Cork. As a result, Bridget grew up around Ceilidh bands and dancing.
