is a publisher in ireland of mainly children s fiction and adult non fiction and the only irish publishing house to have received the prestigious international reading association award . the o brien press was founded in 1973 evolving out of a family run printing and type house . its first publication came in november 1974 and numerous other titles soon followed . o brien published books are regularly shortlisted for the bisto book of the year awards . as of 2007 no less than 24 books published by the o brien press have won a bisto award . the o brien press is notable for launching the career of international bestselling author eoin colfer publishing the benny books and the wish list and have also published the general by paul williams which was made into a major film by john boorman in 1998 . 1 2 contents 1 authors published by o brien press 2 see also 3 references 4 external links authors published by o brien press edit marita conlon mckenna born 1956 a children s novels author including children of the famine trilogy . judi curtin author of alice and megan series including alice next door . paul howard born 1971 journalist and author of the ross o carroll kelly series . gerry hunt born 1936 an irish comics writer and artist . conor kostick an historian and writer including the avatar chronicles . ois n mcgann born 1973 a children and young adult author and illustrator . shay healy born 1943 a songwriter broadcaster and journalist . gerard whelan born 1957 a children s author . see also edit children s literature portal references edit o brien press imdb external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title o % 27brien press & oldid 664924451 categories book publishing companies of ireland navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 31 may 2015 at 21 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view