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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Patricia Lesley – Next Stop on the Secrets We Keep Tour
One of the best things about being a writer and there are many great things — I’m thinking of all the books I just ‘have to’ read, sitting writing for hours on end and of course feeling like I’m in a constant conversation about my favorite topic — yes, you guessed it, books! The great…
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What Danielle Did Next – My Husbands Wives – Irish TPB Publication
I was delighted to find a lovely blogger right here in Mayo — What Danielle Did Next is a book blog run by a Sligo woman living in Ballina! Danielle was good enough to come on board for our mini tour to launch the Irish Publication in trade paper back of My Husbands Wives. She…
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My Chestnut Reading Tree – Secrets We Keep Blog Tour
It was lovely to pop in to visit Jo at My Chestnut Reading Tree as part of the Secrets We Keep blog tour. Jo has a super selection of reviews in both crime and women’s fiction – well worth a visit!! You can check out the stop here: My Chestnut Reading Tree and…
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BRMAYCOCKS BOOK BLOG -My Husbands Wives – Paper Back Release
So, just to confuse the holy maloney out of everyone, I embarked on a mini Irish blog tour for the launch of My Husbands Wives on May 1st. This was just a select number of stops with a handful of lovely Irish bloggers – and let me tell you, these girls are the best!! First…
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Chat About Books – Secrets We Keep
It was an absolute pleasure to drop into the Chat About Books Blog back in February to do a Q& A with Kerry – we talked about inspiration, the writing progress and oh, yes, Keanau Reeves…. Well, a writer is meant to use her imagination! Thanks Kerry for featuring Secrets We Keep!! Here’s a link…