Hazel Gaynor

Author of The Girl Who Came Home

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Hazel Gaynor's debut novel, The Girl Who Came Home: A Novel of the Titanic, was a New York Times and USA Today bestseller. A Memory of Violets is her second novel. In addition to historical fiction, she writes a popular guest blog, Carry on Writing, for national Irish writing website writing.ie. She shares thoughts and experiences of the writing process and has interviewed a number of popular authors, including; Philippa Gregory, Sebastian Faulks, John Boyne and Cheryl Strayed. Hazel received the 2012 Cecil Day Lewis award for Emerging Writers and was selected by Library Journal as one of Ten Big Breakout Authors for 2015. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Girl Who Came Home… (more)

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Works by Hazel Gaynor

The Girl Who Came Home 624 copies, 54 reviews

A Memory of Violets 454 copies, 55 reviews

The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter 376 copies, 36 reviews

The Cottingley Secret 365 copies, 44 reviews

Last Christmas in Paris 333 copies, 34 reviews

When We Were Young & Brave 225 copies, 37 reviews

Meet Me in Monaco 220 copies, 30 reviews

The Girl from the Savoy 208 copies, 32 reviews

Three Words for Goodbye 103 copies, 9 reviews

The Last Lifeboat 12 copies

Hush 3 copies

Christmas with the Queen 2 copies

Advice for Lady Adventurers 1 copy

La Légende de Grace Darling 1 copy

Fata de la Savoy 1 copy

Incontriamoci a Montecarlo 1 copy

Noch bevor das Jahr zu Ende ist: Roman (German Edition) 1 copy

Fyrvaktarens dotter 1 copy

Vi var unga och modiga 1 copy

Das Mädchen aus dem Savoy: Roman 1 copy

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Also by Hazel Gaynor

Fall of Poppies: Stories of Love and the Great War (Contributor) 141 copies, 23 reviews

The New Voices in Fiction Sampler: Summer Selection (eBook Bundle) (Contributor) 9 copies

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Cecil Day Lewis Award for Emerging Writers

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Hazel Gaynor is an award-winning New York Times, USA Today and international bestselling author. Her 2014 debut THE GIRL WHO CAME HOME won the 2015 RNA Historical Novel of the Year award, A MEMORY OF VIOLETS was a 2015 WHSmith Fresh Talent pick, THE GIRL FROM THE SAVOY was shortlisted for the 2017 Irish Book Awards, and THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER'S DAUGHTER was shortlisted for the 2019 HWA Gold Crown Award. LAST CHRISTMAS IN PARIS (co-written with Heather Webb) won the 2018 Women's Fiction Writers Association Star Award. Their most recent collaboration is MEET ME IN MONACO. Hazel's forthcoming historical novel, WE WILL BE BRAVE, set in China during WW2, will be published in North America in October 2020.

Hazel was selected by Library Journal as one of Ten Big Breakout Authors for 2015. Her work has been translated into fourteen languages to date. She is co-founder of creative writing events The Inspiration Project, and lives in Ireland with her husband and two children. She is represented by Michelle Brower of Aevitas Creative Management, New York.

For more information, visit www.hazelgaynor.com

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