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.
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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]]