Brian O'Hare

Brian O’Hare is a graduate of the US Naval Academy and former Marine Corps officer. His career began in a Baltimore bar, where legendary director John Waters cast him as a convict in his cult classic film 'Cry Baby'. Currently, he’s an award-winning writer and filmmaker. His work has appeared in 'War, Literature and the Arts'; 'Hobart', 'Electric Literature' and others, and has been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes. Most recently, National Book Award winner Phil Klay ('Redeployment'; 'Missionaries') awarded Brian Syracuse University Press' 2021 Veterans Writing Award for 'Surrender'—his book of short stories published by Syracuse University Press. He was named a Writing Fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and served as Visiting Writer at CUNY/Kingsborough in Brooklyn. He’s currently producing 'Rizoo' a Farsi-language film about a young girl deciding whether to wear the hijab for a class picture, as well as 'Cannon Shot', a feature documentary on the world's largest croquet match between the US Naval Academy and across the street neighbor, St. John's College. He's at work on his debut novel.