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Paul O\u2019Brien is a writer from Wexford, Ireland and author of the trilogy\u00a0Blood Red Turns Dollar Green<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In the last seventeen years he has been commissioned or produced by\u00a0The National Theatre of Ireland<\/em>,\u00a0Druid Theatre<\/em>,\u00a0Red Kettle Theatre Company<\/em>,\u00a0Town Hall Galway<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Spare Key Productions<\/em>\u00a0in New York. His professional debut play was funded by Oscar winner Martin McDonagh.<\/p>\n

Blood Red Turns Dollar Green<\/strong>, his debut novel, made it to the #1 Bestselling spot on Amazon in US and UK. The follow-up novel,\u00a0Blood Red Turns Dollar Green Vol. 2<\/strong>\u00a0also made it to the top of the charts.\u00a0Blood Red Turns Dollar<\/strong>\u00a0Green Volume 3<\/strong>\u00a0became #1 on pre-sales alone \u2013 with all three novels having now reached #1 in Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Mexico, Australia, UK & Ireland and the U.S. \u00a0All three were self-published.<\/p>\n

In 2014 Paul was chosen alongside the likes of Michael Fassbender, Rory Mcllroy, U2, Chris O\u2019Dowd and Jonathan Rhys Myers as Collegetimes.com “52 Irish Men for 2014”.<\/p>\n

Blood Red Turns Dollar Green<\/strong>\u00a0revolves around the world of professional wrestling in its heyday, where money is king and the business is protected at all costs. Hollywood screenwriter Paul Guay, best selling author Eoin Colfer, NBC News\u2019 Keith Greenberg, and John Leiberman of The Howard Stern Show have all endorsed Paul O\u2019Brien\u2019s book. In addition, the legendary professional wrestler and accomplished author himself, Mick Foley, has given the book his seal of approval: \u201cA great novel. Like \u2018The Godfather\u2019, with suplexes\u201d. <\/em><\/p>\n

Thanks to executive editor, Cal Barksdale, at Skyhorse Publishing in New York, the trilogy will be published\u00a0on their list – Blood Red Turns Dollar Green (September 2016), A Shoot (January 2017) and The Hurting Circus (May 2017)<\/p>\n

Paul O’Brien Books<\/h1>\n

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