Rosemary O'Brien

Publisher of Best Pocket Parks of NYC, the guide to 'those little green spaces in the middle of the city.' Tweet me your park!

This past year I beganVeteran Stories, a service that interviews veterans or takes their deployment journals and produces a paperback book they can pass down to their friends and families. These books are great for anyone with stories such as bridal parties, sororities, hospice patients, and makes a great retirement gift! My goal is to hire veterans and military family members around the U.S. to help me build these books and preserve these stories.

My previous career was as a musical theater actress, but became a novelist after figuring out what I wanted to be when I grew up after returning to college. My first novel was published in 2002 and the second in 2013. BEST Pocket Parks of NYC, published in 2013, was created out of a love for these public spaces in New York City which I visit often and which have now become a part of my work. Sometimes you can find me directing children's theater in my hometown, teaching adult education classes about the writing business and 'noveling,' and sitting in a coffee shop with my red pen in hand. (Yes, I like paper and sometimes find it the best way to see my writing mistakes.)

I grew up in Connecticut. I love the shore, good Italian food, my family (two boys and a wonderful husband) and writing among many other things.

You can find my books on my Amazon.com Author Page, follow my company at Pocket Parks Publishing and find even more at RosemaryOBrien.netor Veteran Stories.

  • Education
    • San Diego State University
    • EBV-F Florida State University
    • V-WISE NYC
    • Facebook's Women Vets In Tech
    • Patriot Boot Camp (NYC)