Deirdre Purcell was born and brought up in Dublin. Before turning to writing fiction, she lived through an eclectic set of careers, including acting, as a member of the permanent company of Ireland's National Theatre (The Abbey), and journalism for all media - for which she won Ireland's top awards.
Genres: Romance, General Fiction, Mystery
Novels
A Place of Stones (1991)
That Childhood Country (1992)
Falling for a Dancer (1993)
Francey (1994)
Ashes of Roses (1994)
Sky (1996)
Roses After Rain (1996)
Love Like Hate Adore (1997)
Entertaining Ambrose (2000)
Marble Gardens (2002)
Last Summer in Arcadia (2003)
Children of Eve (2004)
Tell Me Your Secret (2006)
Days We Remember (2008)
Pearl (2010)
The Winter Gathering (2013)
The Husband (2016)
The Christmas Voyage (2017)
Grace in Winter (2019)
That Childhood Country (1992)
Falling for a Dancer (1993)
Francey (1994)
Ashes of Roses (1994)
Sky (1996)
Roses After Rain (1996)
Love Like Hate Adore (1997)
Entertaining Ambrose (2000)
Marble Gardens (2002)
Last Summer in Arcadia (2003)
Children of Eve (2004)
Tell Me Your Secret (2006)
Days We Remember (2008)
Pearl (2010)
The Winter Gathering (2013)
The Husband (2016)
The Christmas Voyage (2017)
Grace in Winter (2019)
Series contributed to
Non fiction show
Omnibus editions show
Books containing stories by Deirdre Purcell
Irish Girls Are Back In Town (2004)
edited by
Cecelia Ahern, Gemma O'Connor, Patricia Scanlan and Sarah Webb
Award nominations
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Deirdre Purcell recommends
Coming Home (2021)
(Devereux Family Trilogy, book 3)
Marion Reynolds
"A well researched and insightful story of a family which could be our own."
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