Emily Hourican Books
Irish author of bestselling historical fiction
About Emily Hourican
Emily Hourican is an Irish author and journalist. She was born in Belfast and grew up in Brussels, moving to Dublin to attend UCD. She has an MA in English Literature and has written for the Sunday Independent, Image magazine, Condé Nast Traveler and Woman and Home. She lives in Dublin with her husband and three children.
Set in January 1965, A House in Winter tells the story of the visit of Princess Margaret and Lord Snowden to his sister's home in Abbeyleix, Ireland, when they faced local opposition and IRA petrol bomb attacks that confined them, without electricity, for 48 fraught hours.
Sisters Meredith and Macy live at the Ivy Hotel in Dublin with their mum, the General Manager. When the hotel's new owners arrive, ready to make cuts and fire staff, the girls are faced with their biggest task yet: a murder to solve. Age 9+