and martyr of Henry VIII's reign. Most of his works were written in Latin, but later devotional writings, such as Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation, were in English. Thomas Moore – American monk and author of popular spiritual books 19th-century Irish poet J. B. Morton*Malcolm Muggeridge – English journalist, broadcaster and writer Clara Mulholland – Irish novelist, playwright, children's writer, translator Timothy L. Murphy – American president of Santa Clara University, author of Discovery of America by the Irish Previous to the Ninth Century Les Murray – Australian poet N–R John Henry Newman – convert; became a Catholic priest and later a Cardinal; master of English prose, e.g., his Apologia Pro Vita Sua; also wrote poetry, e.g., Lead, Kindly Light and The Dream of Gerontius Aidan Nichols Catholic theologian Henri Nouwen – Dutch Catholic priest; left academic post to work with the mentally challenged at the L'Arche community of Daybreak in Toronto, Canada Michael Novak – contemporary politically conservative American political writer Alfred Noyes – English poet; known for "The Highwayman"; wrote about his conversion to Catholicism in The Unknown God (1934) Kate O'Beirne – wrote syndicated columns for the National Review and other conservative publications; also wrote books Flannery O'Connor – her writing was deeply informed by the sacramental, and the Thomist notion that the created world is charged with God; like Graham Greene and Francois Mauriac she often focused on sin and human evil Flann O'Brien – Irish comic writer Katharine A. O'Keeffe O'Mahoney – Irish-born American educator, lecturer, writer Lee Oser – American novelist and literary critic; Christian humanist Coventry Patmore – 19th-century poet; a convert Craig Paterson – philosopher and writer on bioethics Joseph Pearce – English literary scholar and critic; former British National Front member who renounced racism on conversion; edited the anthology Flowers of Heaven: 1000 Years of Christian Verse; biographer of Oscar Wilde and Hilaire Belloc Walker Percy – Southern American convert and novelist who helped create the Fellowship of Southern Writers. He was also the man who discovered and helped publish the work of the deceased John Kennedy Toole. His most well-known novel, The Moviegoer, won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction in 1962. David Pietrusza – American historian, editor of "Sursum Corda: Documents and Readings on the Traditional Latin Mass" Ramesh Ponnuru – American conservative political writer; wrote The Party of Death attacking the pro-choice lobby in the United States