Sheila O’Flanagan’s MY MOTHER’S SECRET is published in the UK in paperback by Headline tomorrow. The novel is already No. 1 in the Irish bestseller chart where it was published last week.

When Steffie helps her two siblings organize a surprise wedding anniversary party for their parents her only worry is whether they'll be pleased. What she doesn't know is this is the day that her whole world will be turned upside down.

Sheila’s first young adult novel THE CRYSTAL RUN, will be published in May as a lead hardback title for Hodder Children’s Books. Her 25th book for Headline, THE MISSING WIFE, is published in hardback in June.

Sheila is an ex-bond dealer and financial journalist whose novels have all been immediate No. 1 Irish bestsellers. Her books have been described as ‘as necessary to women as chocolate, and just as addictive!’ Her last three novels have sold in excess of 1,000,000 copies in their British editions. She was the recipient of the prestigious Irish Tatler Literary Woman of the Year award in 2003. When each publication, she breaks her record of weeks at No. 1. She is currently writing two more adult books for Headline and a follow up to THE CRYSTAL RUN for Hodder Children’s.

Praise for Sheila O’Flanagan

‘Sheila O’Flanagan never, ever disappoints.’ – Nancy Barnes, Gobshites and Eeijts

‘One of the most popular women’s fiction writers, very much in the same vein as Maeve Binchy, writing about families relationships and finding love.’ – Driffield Leader

‘O’Flanagan users her considerable skill as a writer to keep the reader absorbed throughout. Expect another huge success.’ – Irish News (Belfast)