Sheila O’Flanagan News

It’s always nice to meet my editor in person after months of conversations about the work in progress!  

The next few weeks at my writing desk have been sorted with the arrival of page proofs. Correcting them is one of the hardest jobs in writing because it’s so easy to read what you […]

  My very first collection of short stories, first published as Destinations nearly 15 years ago, has now been updated and will be released on 18th October as The Moment We Meet. The stories are […]

I’m delighted to say that my latest novel, The Hideaway, is at No 1 in the Irish charts.   I loved writing about Juno as a character – the bottom has fallen out of her […]

The Missing Wife, my best-selling novel about a woman who runs away from her emotionally abusive husband, is now available in German, Italian and Swedish editions. I hope my readers in these countries will love […]

The Missing Wife will be published on Tuesday, 6th February, in the USA. I really hope you enjoy Imogen’s story. You can download an extract here: https://www.hachette.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Chapter-extract.pdf

The Crystal Run – Shield of Lies (March 2018)   I’m very excited to share the cover of the sequel to my children’s book, The Crystal Run. Joe and Kaia’s adventures continue in Shield of […]

I thought I’d share the gorgeous cover for the paperback edition of What Happened That Night which will be published in June 2018.   Then: When Lola Fitzpatrick catches the eye of Philip Warren she’s […]

Irish booksellers Eason’s are running a poll for the best book of 2017. I’m thrilled that What Happened That Night is included in a very strong list – some of my favourite books of 2017 […]

Thank you for all of your entries to the Hug/Christmas With You competition. It was really difficult to choose the winners and I wish you could all hug the person you want this Christmas.   […]

I’ve been working hard on my latest book over the last few months and thought it would be nice to share the work in progress with you!

I realise it’s only August and I’ve already blacklisted friends that have told me how many sleeps it is until Christmas, but I have to share the news with you that one of my favourite […]