About the Author

Michael D. O'Brien, iconographer, painter, and writer, is the popular author of many best-selling novels including Father Elijah, Strangers and Sojourners, Elijah in Jerusalem, The Father's Tale, Eclipse of the Sun, Sophia House, The Lighthouse, and Island of the World. His novels have been translated into twelve languages and widely reviewed in both secular and religious media in North America and Europe.

Reviews

Michael O'Brien is a superior spiritual story teller worthy to join the ranks of Flannery O'Connor, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, and C. S. Lewis.
-- Peter Kreeft, Ph.D., Author, Because God is RealIf you, like me, rate Michael O'Brien the best contemporary Catholic novelist of the North American Continent, then you will very likelyalso think that Sophia House is his masterpiece.
-- Ronda Chervin, Ph.D., Author, Avoiding Bitterness in SufferingO'Brien paints with a vast palette that brings the reader into his world . . . weaving a tapestry of Christian and Jewish themes that emerges as a poetic story of salvation.
-- Marty Barrack, Author, Second Exodus