Like most writers I didn’t take the direct route into publishing, I gained an Honours Degree in English Literature and Psychology from Dublin City University and a Postgraduate Degree from University College, Galway. I have worked in all sorts of jobs, as a fashion model, an event’s organizer and in the intellectual disability and mental health sector. The constant throughout has been a love of books! I have read and written all of my life.
I was a winner in the 2014 Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair – an international
competition for emerging writers, the feedback was very positive and
complimentary and suddenly, there were possibilities beyond just scribbling a few
lines here and a few lines there.
In 2018 I was selected as a Words Ireland winner in the DWAD afternoon – this
opened up opportunities among writers and film directors and it was an honor to
be one of the final winners.
In 2019 I was honored and delighted to win Mayo Business Woman of the Year
(Arts) in the Network Ireland Business Woman of the Year Awards.
My contemporary fiction novels have achieved top ten best seller status across the US, UK, Australia and Canada. My Husbands Wives was a top ten bestseller in
Ireland on its trade paper back release. The Ladies Midnight Swimming Club –
reached the overall No 1 position in the Amazon UK charts and has spent weeks
sitting pretty in the top overall books sold and read on Amazon. Its available in e-
book and in all good bookshops. All of my novels can be found in large print and
audio formats also. You can order most formats through your local library.
There have been many highs along the way, when the books featured as Book Club Favorites, Net Galley Hot Reads and Summer Must Reads. Being chosen as a
summer must read never gets old!
In 2024 The Bookshop Ladies was shortlisted for An Post Book Award.
I also write crime fiction novels under the name Geraldine Hogan. My Corbally
series, set in Limerick is published by Bookouture.
I am a regular contributor to newspapers and magazines and short story
compilations.
I am currently working on edits and an idea for a new contemporary fiction novel. I live in the west of Ireland with my husband – Mr H, our family and the best
chocolate Labrador in the world. (I might be a bit biased on that last piece!)
Latest News
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Chick Lit Club Connect – Secrets We Keep Blog Tour
As always it was a joy to pop into the ladies on Chick Lit Club Connect – Here I am talking about finding — THE ONE!!! Thanks for having me over, Ladies and for supporting Secrets We Keep https://connect.chicklitclub.com/wp/2017/02/23/mfeo-some-people-are-just-meant-for-each-other/ And here’s the post: Home » Connect Post » MFEO – Some people are just meant for each other……
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Novel Gossip – SWK Blog Tour
Thanks so much to Amy at Novel Gossip for having me on her lovely blog. This was part of the Secrets We Keep blog tour and she was good enough to read and review the book for us. Here’s a link to the blog post: Novel Gossip -SWK And here’s Amy’s post and…
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Kelly’s Book Corner – MHW
My Husbands Wives was published in Trade Paperback in Ireland in May of this year and amidst all the other excitement of actually getting a book published, a number of our own lovely Irish Bloggers came on board to support us in publication week. It was lovely to link in with them – Kelly Spillane,…
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The Haphazardous Hippo – Secrets We Keep
Hard to believe that I was dropping in here back in Spring – but I’m delighted to be finally getting around to posting this now! The Haphazardous Hippo – aka Neats – a true book worm, one of the nicest – was good enough to come on board for the blog tour for Secrets We…
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The Book Magnet
I first discovered ‘The Book Magnet’ after Michelle Ryles came into my orbit on the rounds for My Husbands Wives – I’m so glad I did. Now I look out for her regular posts and she has sold me on a number of great reads since discovering her fab blog! Thanks to Michelle for having…