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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Summer Blog Hop – Aria Fiction – Head of Zeus Books
Well, we’re onto the final day of our summer blog hop and what a summer it’s been. Last stop of the tour was with Head of Zeus – the mother ship of my publishers Aria Fiction. I wrote about the way we read…. Here’s a link to http://headofzeus.com/ and on Aria — aria fiction And…
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Being Ann – Summer Blog Hop
I must say, I’ve had the nicest time this summer hopping through the blogs. This week I got to visit the lovely Anne on her newly launched Being Anne. This is a great blog for anyone who likes a mooch about through really good and well written book reviews. The lady herself is just lovely…
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Fifty Reviews!!
Big day yesterday!! We hit fifty reviews on Amazon in the US, it’s humbling and lovely to think that fifty people took the time to leave their thoughts about My Husband’s Wives, so thanks to all who have shared their thoughts. To celebrate, Yasemin at Aria sent over this lovely image for social media posting…
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Jaffa Reads Too – Summer Blog Hop
First off, isn’t Jaffa the most adorable cat… don’t tell Norris 🙂 I loved doing this post about the old house in My Husband’s Wives. The house, Carlinville is inspired by a number of properties, however when I came across Frewin House, in Donegal I knew this was Carlinville. Thanks, to the lovely Regina for…
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Thank you Kobo and Aria Fiction!!
First off, thanks to Kobo and all the lovely Kobo readers for this… No 2 on Kobo is always very nice 🙂 Earlier today, my publishers sent on this…. Grace got a lovely new red dress – I think it’s lovely and it works really well in terms of…