Emmy-nominee Michael O’Hara’s 1st Novel Dos Angeles Now Available

LOS ANGELES - Nov. 13, 2015 - PRLog -- Michael O’Hara — who has written and produced some of the highest-rated television movies and miniseries in recent memory — is adding author to his resume with the publication of his first novel, Dos Angeles.

The book, featuring a bilingual and bicultural private eye named Paco Moran, centers around Moran’s desperate search for a beautiful young Latina immigrant who stole ten million dollars in cash from the mob. In a pre-publication review, American Book Award winner Peter Quinn said: Paco Moran’s debut in Michael O'Hara's Dos Angeles is fast-paced, finely crafted, and full of surprises. It's noir fiction for the 21st century, a helluva ride from the first page to last.

O’Hara made an auspicious debut as a writer/producer with “Those She Left Behind,” a critically acclaimed family drama that continues to be the highest-rated TV movie (25.1/38 share) on any network in over 25 years. That success was followed by the widely praised NBC movie “She Said No,” which won an American Women in Radio & Television Award for Best Television Dramatic Special.

He next wrote and executive produced “Switched at Birth,” the blockbuster NBC miniseries that earned an Emmy nomination as Best Dramatic Special and remains tied as the highest rated (22 rating/33 share) miniseries on network television in over two decades. He then wrote and executive produced “Murder in the Heartland,” a celebrated ABC miniseries which garnered a Casting Society of America Award and two Emmy nominations. After that he created and executive produced the first of 22 “Moment of Truth” movies for NBC, establishing one of the most successful film franchises in TV history.

O’Hara also wrote “She Woke Up Pregnant,” the pilot for ABC’s 'Crimes of Passion' franchise and ABC’s highest-rated movie of the year. He went on to write “One Hot Summer Night,” another ‘Crimes of Passion’ thriller that was ABC’s highest-rated Thursday night movie of the season. Other producing credits include two CBS projects: “Twilight Zone – Rod Serling’s Lost Classics” and “A Child’s Wish,” which was filmed in the Oval Office and featured a cameo appearance by then President Bill Clinton. In addition, he wrote and executive produced NBC’s “In His Life: The John Lennon Story” and “First to Die,” a two-part NBC movie based on the best-selling novel by James Patterson.

Overall O’Hara – also a former award-winning journalist and NBC Vice President of Media Relations – has produced four miniseries and 33 Movies of the Week. A native of New York City, he now lives in Malibu, Ca.

DOS ANGELES

318 page Trade paperback: $18.95; ISBN: 9781939521507

Published by Strategic Media Books

Available at: Amazon.com; barnesandnoble.com and strategicmediabooks.com

For more information, see: michael-ohara-com.

Media Contact:

Doris Cantore, DAC Management, Los Angeles, CA.
Phone: 310-924-5138
Email: dosangeles2015@aol.com