Edel Coffey

Dublin, Galway

#1 bestselling author of Breaking Point and In Her Place. Winner of the An Post IBA Crime book of the year. Books Ed at The Gloss. Agent: Marianne Gunn-O'Connor

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The Books On My Bedside Table: Author Sinéad Gleeson

3 weeks ago | thegloss.ie | Edel Coffey

The award-winning author’s book recommendations … Sinéad Gleeson’s essay collection Constellations: Reflections from Life, won Non-Fiction Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards and the Dalkey Literary Award for Emerging Writer.
50+ Of The Best Books To Read This Summer

3 weeks ago | thegloss.ie | Edel Coffey

The perfect reading list for summer, featuring literary icons, blockbusters, iconic memoirs, romance, mystery and short stories … Several Irish big hitters released books so far this year.
10 New Books To Read In May

1 month ago | thegloss.ie | Edel Coffey

The best debuts and blockbuster novels of the year so far … THE NAMES (Phoenix, €16.99) by Florence Knapp is the buzziest debut of the year so far. It asks the question: can a name change the course of your life? In 1987, Cora gives birth to a son but has been prevented by a storm from registering his birth.
Madeleine Thien: ‘The big questions we ask as children don’t go away’

1 month ago | irishtimes.com | Edel Coffey

Canadian author Madeleine Thien’s new novel The Book Of Records, her first since her 2016 Booker-shortlisted Do Not Say We Have Nothing, took a lot longer to finish than she had anticipated. But books have their own time, she tells me over a Zoom call from her home in Montreal. It’s no surprise to hear this, considering time and all of its mysteries and fascinations are central to Thien’s novels.
‘It’s a very hard time to be young’: author John Patrick McHugh on male adolescence

2 months ago | irishtimes.com | Edel Coffey

“It’s a mad way of being, adolescence,” says Galway writer John Patrick McHugh. “Sometimes I think I’d love to do it again and then I think of the stress of being a 14-year-old and how bad you can feel and I’m glad it’s over.”McHugh has hit zeitgeist gold with his debut novel, Fun and Games. “It’s a really tough time,” says McHugh, now 33, of male adolescence, the subject of his novel.
Writer's Block: An Interview with Author Patricia Scanlon

2 months ago | thegloss.ie | Edel Coffey

ON HOME I moved to Clontarf 20 years ago so I would probably still be considered a blow-in. I love being so close to the sea. I have a very serene, mature, shrub-filled back garden, where I can wind down after a long day on the computer. ON ROOTS I grew up in Stormanstown Road in Wadelai, Ballygall, before we moved a short distance to Hillcrest Park. I actually named our new estate. Every household was invited to suggest a name.
THE GLOSS Reading List: 40 Of The Best Books So Far This Year

2 months ago | thegloss.ie | Edel Coffey

A reading list of the best books of the year so far, featuring literary icons, blockbusters, iconic memoirs, romance, mystery and short stories … First up, my book of possibly the year? – is DREAM COUNT (4th Estate, €23.20) by Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
The Books On Author Cathy Kelly's Bedside Table

2 months ago | thegloss.ie | Edel Coffey

What does a bestselling author read in her spare time? Cathy Kelly is the bestselling Irish author of 22 novels, which have been translated into several languages. She is also a Goodwill Ambassador for Unicef Ireland. Her latest novel, Sisterhood, published by Harper Collins, is out now.
Show Me Where It Hurts by Claire Gleeson: A multi-faceted and compelling story about the society we live in

2 months ago | irishtimes.com | Edel Coffey

Show Me Where It Hurts Author: Claire GleesonISBN-13: 978-1399734721Publisher: SceptreGuideline Price: £18.99Claire Gleeson’s quietly compelling debut novel, Show Me Where It Hurts, opens with a horrifying scene. Rachel and Tom are an average busy married couple with two small children. Tom is an architect whose business has been decimated by the economic crash, and Rachel is a nurse. The loss of Tom’s business has left them struggling to cope, but managing.
The Marriage Vendetta by Caroline Madden: A charming and original debut

2 months ago | irishtimes.com | Edel Coffey

The Marriage Vendetta Author: Caroline Madden ISBN-13: 978-1804189511Publisher: EriuGuideline Price: £13.99The idea for Irish writer Caroline Madden’s debut novel, The Marriage Vendetta, began life many years ago. Madden was interested in writing historical fiction when she came across the story of Elizabeth Linley, an English soprano who was one of the most celebrated singers of the 1700s.