Patricia T. O'Conner
Author of books about the English language
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Patricia T. O'Conner (born February 19, 1949)[1] is the author of five books about the English language. A former staff editor at The New York Times Book Review,[2] she has appeared regularly as a language commentator for WNYC[3] and Iowa Public Radio.[4] She has written extensively for The New York Times, including book reviews,[5][6][7][8] On Language columns,[9][10][11] and articles for the op-ed page[12] and the Week in Review[13] section. Her work has also appeared in Smithsonian,[14] The Paris Review,[15] the Literary Review[16][17][18][19] (London), and other publications.
University of Minnesota
Patricia T. O'Conner | |
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| Born | February 19, 1949 Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Grinnell College (BA) University of Minnesota |
| Spouse | Stewart Kellerman |
A native of Des Moines, Iowa,[20][21] she graduated from Grinnell College in 1971 with a BA in philosophy and received an honorary degree from Grinnell in 2006.[22] She did graduate work in urban journalism at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, before beginning her career as a reporter and editor in 1973.[22] After several years at The Des Moines Register and The Wall Street Journal, she joined the New York Times in 1982.[22]
She and Stewart Kellerman, her husband[23] and co-author of several books and articles, answer questions about the English language on The Grammarphobia Blog.[24]
Publications
- Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English (Riverhead, 4th ed., 2019, ISBN 978-0525533054)
- Origins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language, co-authored by Kellerman (Random House, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8129-7810-0)
- Woe Is I Jr.: The Younger Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English (Putnam, 2007, ISBN 978-0-399-24331-8)
- You Send Me: Getting It Right When You Write Online, co-authored by Kellerman (Harcourt, 2002, ISBN 978-0-15-602733-5)
- Words Fail Me: What Everyone Who Writes Should Know About Writing (Harcourt, 1999, ISBN 978-0-15-601087-0)
- The Reader Over Your Shoulder, by Robert Graves with Alan Hodge; new introduction by Patricia T. OâConner (Seven Stories Press, 2018, ISBN 978-1-60980-733-7)