Geraldine O'Neill is an internationally published author living in Ireland since 1991, but originally from Scotland. She primarily writes historical fiction novels.
Geraldine O'Neill | |
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| Born | January 1955 |
| Website | https://geraldineoneillauthor.wordpress.com/ |
Geraldine O'Neill grew up in Cleland, North Lanarkshire in Scotland, born to an Irish mother and Scottish father. She was the second of six children, her brother, Dr Eamonn O’Neill, is a university professor and journalist in Scotland. While training to be a teacher in Newcastle-upon-Tyne she met her future husband. They married in 1977 and had two children while living in Scotland. During the eighties the family moved to her husband's home town of Stockport for a number of years. They moved to live in Ireland in 1991 and settled in County Offaly, where her mother, Bridget O'Neill, was born and raised. It was then that O'Neill began to write seriously. O'Neill worked for a number of years as a school teacher in Daingean National school. O'Neill has published 15 novels and numerous short stories as well as the occasional poem. Her work is sold internationally and has been translated into a number of languages. Her historical fiction books often feature places she lived in such as County Offaly, Stockport and Lanarkshire in Scotland. [1][2][3][4][5][6]
O'Neill had polio as a child which left her with a slightly weakened arm. In 2002 she was diagnosed with Post Polio syndrome, which she manages well and lives a full and active life. She is an active member of the support group - Polio Survivors Ireland.[7][3][6]