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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1st Stop on the Blog Tour
thank you to Rachel for hosting my blog on her great Rachel’s Random Reads today. Below you can see the post, I very much enjoyed visiting with Rachel! Here you can read about the joys of a book deal! http://rachelsrandomreads.blogspot.ie/2016/04/guest-post-joy-of-getting-book-deal-by.html
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Pre Publication Mentions
Hi All, this is probably the shortest post in history, but I thought I’d include it as it’s nice to see My Husband’s Wives mentioned… http://www.chicklitclub.com/releasedates16.html three days to go to the blog tour… and more blogs arriving by the day, but I’ll try and cross post here and then it’s easy to keep up…
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Writers Workshop Success Stories
We’ve worked with all writers, from total beginners to seriously talented pros. Take a look at a brief summary of our success stories. Source: Writers Workshop Success Stories This was a lovely surprise, thank you to Harry Bingham and Jane Jakeman, both of whom were very generous with their advice and kind in…
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Remember when we were young…
I came across this image yesterday on Facebook and immediately, I was transported back to my childhood. I can remember vividly having each book read to me and later, slowly, falteringly reading them for myself. Suddenly, I could almost feel each edition in my hand, the covers were well worn by the time we’d grown…
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The Fun Begins…
Since last time we spoke, things have progressed! My Husband’s Wives has been ‘unveiled’ as an Aria Fiction new title for May – which means that now they’ve told the world there’s no excuse for me hiding away anymore. The publisher and agent had both hinted in the past that once this happened there would…