--- description: The controversial singer will document her career as well as dishing the "sexual dirt" on former lovers title: Sinead O'Connor is Writing a Memoir image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Books](/tag/books/) ## Books Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Sinead O'Connor Will Reveal All in a Memoir by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 8, 2014 11:18 AM CUT by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 8, 2014 11:18 AM CUT Irish singer and known rabble-rouser Sinead O’Connor is [penning a memoir](http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/07/sinead-oconnors-memoir-promises-deep-dish-dirt/?%5Fphp=true&%5Ftype=blogs&%5Fr=0 "undefined"), her publisher announced on Wednesday. According to a press release about the still-untitled project, the memoir will cover O’Connor’s early life in Ireland, her breakout and rise to fame, as well as her current career. The autobiography will presumably include notorious incidents such as the time O’Connor tore up a photograph of Pope John Paul II during a _Saturday Night Live_ appearance in 1992, her subsequent booing in Madison Square Garden during a Bob Dylan tribute concert just days later, and perhaps even her [open letter to Miley Cyrus](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/10/04/miley-responds-to-sinead-oconnor-with-the-greatest-humblebrag-of-all-time/ "undefined"). No matter what, the “Nothing Compares 2 U” singer has already promised that the book will include a lot of juicy details about her personal life. “I’ve never stopped expressing myself in my music, and now, with a book,” the 47-year-old singer said in a statement. “And I look forward to dishing the sexual dirt on everyone I’ve ever slept with.” The book, which will be published in the U.S. by Blue Rider Press, is slated for a March 2016 release. \[[_NYT_](http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/07/sinead-oconnors-memoir-promises-deep-dish-dirt/?%5Fphp=true&%5Ftype=blogs&%5Fr=0 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3481024/sinead-oconnor-memoir/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3481024/sinead-oconnor-memoir/"},"headline":"Sinead O'Connor Will Reveal All in a Memoir","datePublished":"2014-10-08T11:18:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:39:01.414Z","description":"The controversial singer will document her career as well as dishing the \"sexual dirt\" on former lovers","url":"https://time.com/3481024/sinead-oconnor-memoir/","keywords":["Books","Music","Saturday Night Live","Miley Cyrus"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Gibson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3481024/sinead-oconnor-memoir/","name":"Sinead O'Connor Will Reveal All in a Memoir"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Sinéad O'Connor on Mental Health and the Media","description":"Sinéad O'Connor talks to TIME about mental health and the media's treatment of young stars.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/XwPg8Ai2/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2013-11-13T22:52:46.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/XwPg8Ai2.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3481024/sinead-oconnor-memoir/","duration":"PT1M46S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3481024/sinead-oconnor-memoir/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```