Joan O'Leary

Joan O'Leary is an American novelist. A native of Lake Placid, New York, she studied English and creative writing at the University of San Diego and spent much of her career in television, starting as an NBCUniversal page and later working as a producer on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Her debut novel, A Killer Wedding (2025), is a murder mystery set around a society wedding at an Irish castle; it was a USA Today bestseller. She lives in Abu Dhabi.