Hazel Gaynor author biography, plus links to books by Hazel Gaynor.

Hazel Gaynor

Hazel Gaynor is an award-winning, New York Times, USA Today, Irish Times and internationally bestselling author known for her deeply moving historical novels which explore the defining events of the 20th century. A debut author recipient of the 2015 RNA Historical Novel of the Year award, her work has since been shortlisted for the 2019 HWA Gold Crown Award, the 2020 RNA Awards, and the Irish Book Awards in 2017, 2020 and 2023. When We Were Young & Brave was a national bestseller in the USA and her most recent novel, The Last Lifeboat, was a Times of London historical novel of the month and a 2024 Audie winner for Best Fiction Narrator. Hazel's next novel, Before Dorothy, will be published in June 2025. Her co-written historical novels with Heather Webb have all been published to critical acclaim. Their latest collaboration, Christmas with the Queen, will be published in November 2024. Her work has been translated into twenty languages and published in twenty-seven territories to date. She lives in Ireland with her family.

This biography was last updated on 06/17/2025.

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