Brian Moore

1921–1999

Northern Irish-born novelist and screenwriter who became a Canadian citizen and spent his later life in California. Raised in a large Catholic family in Belfast, he served as a civilian with the British Army during the Second World War and emigrated to Canada in 1948 to work as a journalist. Judith Hearne established his reputation, and later novels include The Luck of Ginger Coffey, Catholics, The Doctor’s Wife and Black Robe. He co-wrote the screenplay for Hitchcock’s Torn Curtain. He died in January 1999. Lies of Silence, a thriller set during the Troubles, was shortlisted for the 1990 Booker Prize.

Timeline of Brian Moore’s life

Works

• Lies of Silence (1990)

Prizes

• Lies of Silence — The Booker Prize 1990: Shortlist