Hazel Gaynor is an award-winning New York Times and USA Today bestselling author known for her deeply moving historical novels that  explore the defining events of the 20th century. A recipient of the 2015 RNA Historical Novel of the Year award, her work has since been shortlisted for multiple awards in the UK and Ireland. Her novel, THE LAST LIFEBOAT, was a Times of London historical novel of the month, shortlisted for the 2023 Irish Book Awards and recipient of the 2024 Audie Award for Best Fiction Narrator. Hazel’s work has been translated into 20 languages and is published in 27 territories to date. She lives in Ireland with her family.

Books by Hazel Gaynor

The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter

by Hazel Gaynor - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction

From Hazel Gaynor, the New York Times bestselling author of THE GIRL WHO CAME HOME, comes a historical novel inspired by true events, and the extraordinary female lighthouse keepers of the past 200 years.

Last Christmas in Paris: A Novel of World War I

by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb - Fiction, Historical Fiction

New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor has joined with Heather Webb to create this unforgettably romantic novel of the Great War.

A Memory of Violets: A Novel of London's Flower Sellers

by Hazel Gaynor - Fiction, Historical Fiction

From the bestselling author of THE GIRL WHO CAME HOME comes a story set in Victorian London of two long-lost sisters, whose lives take different paths, and the young woman who will be transformed by their experiences.