Joseph Olshan

About The Author

Joseph Olshan, the award-winning author of eleven novels, one of which, Clara's Heart, became a movie starring Whoopi Goldberg. He has written nonfiction articles and essays for many publications, including the New York Times Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, the Sunday Times (London), and the Washington Post. He lives in Vermont and New York City.

Books by Joseph Olshan

Vanitas
By Joseph Olshan
The pursuit of Eros, the yearning for intimacy, and the struggle to reconcile bisexuality with a longing for children—these are the desires etched in the hearts of the characters of this brave and probing novel by the award-winning author of Clara's Heart and Nightswimmer.
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Nightswimmer
By Joseph Olshan
The award-winning author of Clara’s Heart crafts a vivid mosaic of the passions and pressures of gay life in New York City as two men find their all-consuming affair threatened by the cynicism of mutual friends and memories of lost love.
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