An Epic Novel of Troy and a Woman’s
Triumphant Valor, ‘Andromakhe’, written by
the best seller author ‘Kristina
O'Donnelly’, won 1st Place, Historical
Fiction, POW! Award for '06-'07.
Furthermore Ms O’Donnelly won the ‘Most
Valueble Person’ award in People’s Choice
Category of POW!Kristina O’Donnelly was
born in Rome and grew up in Istanbul,
Turkey. Growing up in Istanbul, in the
1960s, Kristina fell in love with Turkey
and her gallant people. She was a child
film-star and later a poet and a
journalist and published a daily column in
the major Istanbul daily. A die-hard
romantic and idealist, truly imbued with a
can-do, will-do spirit, she strived, to
the best of her abilities, to champion the
rights of the down-trodden. Kristina
O’Donnelly moved to New York after ending
her unfortunate marriage. In time she
moved up to be employed for the New York
Daily News as an advertising rep., and
then trailblazed as a newspaper union
officer (The Newspaper Guild of America).
Not surprisingly, her experiences in this
electric environment inspired her to write
the contemporary novel, Ride the Eagle
(originally published by Worldwide
Library; 2nd publishing by Rose
International Publishing House). Readers
called this novel "... a piece of
Americana and a celebration of idealism."
Ride the Eagle was sold in the U.S.,
Canada, Mexico, England, Spain, and
Australia. (In May of 2003, Ride the
Eagle, retitled as Sevgili Dusmanim
(Beloved Enemy) was published in Turkey,
by Epsilon Publishing House.) She
continued to write for two internationally
published newspapers, as well as freelance
as a magazine editor and book reviewer.
The opening chapter of another novel,
titled Children of the Eagle, about
present day Albania/Kosova, was serialized
in two newspapers, The Turkish Times,
published in Washington D.C. and read
worldwide, and Illyria, published in New
York City, N.Y., also read worldwide.
Revamped, revised and re-titled as Terra
Dolorosa, it is awaiting the day Kristina
will be (emotionally) strong enough to
tackle it to completion. To date
, Kristina has published eight novels,
six of which are centered on Turkey.
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