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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The Guest House By The Sea is on offer now!
Just dropping in here very quickly to let you know that for a few more days you can drop into Esme’s Guest House by the Sea for the reduced price of 99p if you’re a kindle reader. People come to the guest house for fresh air and views across the Atlantic. But if they’re lucky,…
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It’s Paper Back Publication Day
On The First Day Of Christmas is here!! I know, it’s only October, we really need to get over ourselves, right? But some things are beyond our control and if everything moves slowly in publishing, the one exception to that rule has to be the arrival of festive reading. Honestly, I’ve had a hankering after…
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Out and About…
The release of The Gin Sisters Promise meant we were out and about talking books, sibling rivalry, families, forgiving and forgetting. Here’s an interview on Liffey Valley sound with Teresa Quinn where we talk about The Gin Sisters Promise, Ballycove and where it all started…
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Into The World Once More…
Well, it is a full month since The Guest House By The Sea hit the bookshops and into readers hands and I’m delighted to share that it seems to be hitting the spot! We (the assistant and I) had fun dropping into some bookshops over June – this is in Stephen’s Green one quiet morning…
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A Week To Go…
Welcome to Ballycove… I can’t quite believe that it’s just one week away – and The Guest House By The Sea will be in readers hands. I’m so excited for you to read this book. It’s a book I’ve wanted to write for years. It’s all of those things that I love when I settle…