Irene Hannon

Biography

Irene Hannon is the bestselling, award-winning novelist who writes inspirational romance and romantic suspense. She holds a B.A. in psychology and an M.A. in journalism. For many years she juggled two careers until she gave up her executive corporate communications position with a Fortune 500 company to devote full time to writing. Her various works have been described as "fine-tuned suspense" (Library Journal), "superbly written" (Booklist),and "an ever-climatic mystery...well crafted plot, intricately developed characters...engagingly satisfying tale" (Publishers Weekly). Hannon is a seven-time RITA finalist and three-time winner in the Inspirational category for her novels Never Say Goodbye (2003 RITA®), 'In Harm's Way (2011 RITA®) and 'Deceived (2015 RITA®). She is one of only 16 romance authors inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. Hannon and her husband make their home in Missouri.

On the Web

• Official Webiste [1]
• Facebook [2]
• Twitter [3]
• Wikipedia [4]

photo credit: www.jeremydeweesephotography.com

Books

• Against All Odds - 2009
• All Our Tomorrows - 2006
• Apprentice Father - 2009
• Best Gift, The - 2005
• Blackberry Beach - 2021
• Body Of Evidence - 2022
• Buried Secretst - 2015
• Child Of Grace - 2011
• Crossroads - 2003
• Dangerous Illusions - 2017
• Dark Ambitions - 2019
• Deadly Pursuit - 2011
• Deceived - 2014
• Doctor's Perfect Match, The - 2010
• Driftwood Bay - 2019
• Dream To Share, A - 2008
• Eye For An Eye, An - 2009
• Family Man, The - 2006
• Family To Call Her Own, A - 1998
• Fatal Judgment - 2011
• Father For Zach, A - 2010
• Finding Home - 2012
• From This Day Forward - 2007
• Gift From The Heart - 2005
• Groom Of Her Own, A - 1998
• Had To Be You - 1999
• Heart Remembers, The - 2011
• Hero Next Door, The - 2009
• Hidden Peril - 2018
• Home For The Holidays - 1997
• Hope Harbor - 2015
• In Harm's Way - 2010
• In Name Only - 1985
• It Had To Be You - 1999
• Labyrinth Of Lies - 2021
• Lethal Legacy - 2012
• Never Say Goodbye - 2002
• One Perfect Spring - 2014
• One Special Christmas - 1999
• Pelican Point - 2018
• Point Of Danger - 2020
• Portrait Of Love, A -
• Rainbow In The Glen, A - 1993
• Rainbow's End - 2007
• Sandpiper Cove - 2017
• Sea Glass Cottage - 2022
• Sea Rose Lane - 2016
• Seaside Blessings - 2013
• Seaside Reunion - 2012
• Second Chance Summer - 2014
• Starfish Pier - 2020
• Tangled Webs - 2016
• That Certain Summer - 2013
• Thin Ice - 2016
• Tides Of Hope - 2009
• Trapped - 2013
• Unexpected Gift, The - 2005
• Vanished - 2013
• Way Home, The - 2000
• When The Heart Takes Wings - 1991
• Where Love Abides - 2008
• Windswept Way - 2023

Reissues & Anthologies

• The Heart Remembers - 2011
• Love Inspired Classics: One Special Christmas/Home for the Holidays - 2010
• Love Inspired Classics: The Best Gift / Gift From The Heart - 2009
• Love Inspired Classics: Never Say Goodbye & Crossroads - 2008
• Love Inspired Classics: A Groom Of Her Own & The Way Home - 2008
• Together Again - 2003
• The Three Gifts - 2002
• Holiday Blessings - 2000
• Crossings Inspirational Romance Reader - 1998

Awards/Honors

• 2015 Career Achievement Award Winner - RT Bookreviews Magazine
• 2015 ACFW Carol® Award Winner in the Best Short Novel category - for Second Chance Summer
• 2015 RITA® Winner in the Inspirational category - for Deceived'
• 2015 Booksellers' Best Award Winner - Greater Detroit Romance Writers of America Best Inspirational Fiction - for Deceived
• 2014 HOLT Medallion Winner - Virginia Romance Writers - Best Short Inspirational Romance - for Seaside Reunion
• 2014 Booksellers' Best Award Winner - Greater Detroit Romance Writers of America Best Inspirational Fiction - for Vanished
• 2013 HOLT Medallion Winner - Virginia Romance Writers - Best Long Inspirational Romance - for Lethal Legacy
• 2012 Retailers Choice Award Winner - for Deadly Pursuit
• 2011 Readers Choice Award Winner - for Fatal Judgment
• 2011 Booklist Top 10 Inspirational Fiction - for Deadly Pursuit
• 2011 RITA® Winner in the Inspirational category - for In Harm's Way
• 2011 ACFW Carol® Award Winner in the Best Short Contemporary Fiction category - for A Father for Zach
• 2010 Daphne du Maurier Award Winner - for Against All Odds
• 2009 Reviewers' Choice Award Winner - RT Bookreviews Magazine - for Against All Odds
• 2008 HOLT Medallion Winner - Virginia Romance Writers - Best Short Inspirational Romance for From This Day Forward
• 2003 RITA® Winner in the Inspirational category - for Never Say Goodbye
• 2014 ACFW Carol® Award Finalist in the Best Romantic Suspense category - for Trapped
• 2014 ACFW Carol® Award Finalist in the Best Romantic Suspense category - for Vanished
• 2014 ACFW Carol® Award Finalist in the Best Short Contemporary Fiction category - for Seaside Blessings
• 2014 HOLT Medallion finalist - for Vanished
• 2014 Daphne du Maurier Award finalist - for Trapped
• 2014 Booksellers' Best Award Finalist - Greater Detroit Romance Writers of America Best Romantic Suspense finalist - for Trapped
• 2014 National Readers' Choice Award finalist - for Vanished
• 2014 National Readers' Choice Award finalist - for That Certain Summer
• 2014 National Retailers' Choice Award finalist - for Vanished
• 2013 Christy Award finalist - for Lethal Legacy
• 2012 RITA® finalist - for Deadly Pursuit
• 2012 Family Fiction Magazine Favorite Suspense Author finalist
• 2012 National Readers' Choice Award finalist - for Lethal Legacy
• 2012 HOLT Medallion finalist - for Deadly Pursuit
• 2011 Daphne du Maurier Award finalist - for In Harm's Way
• 2010 Booksellers' Best Award® finalist - for An Eye for An Eye
• 2010 RITA® finalist - for An Eye for An Eye
• 2009 RITA® finalist - for Where Love Abides
• 2008 RITA® finalist - for Rainbow's End
• 2007 National Readers' Choice Award finalist - for Rainbow's End
• 2007 Career Achievement Award finalist
• 2010 HOLT Medallion finalist - for Apprentice Father
• 2006 HOLT Medallion finalist - for Gift from the Heart
• 2006 Reviewers' Choice Award finalist - for The Unexpected Gift
• 2000 Reviewers' Choice Award finalists - RT BOOKreviews Magazine - for The Way Home
• 1999 Reviewers' Choice Award finalist - for One Special Christmas]]