Geraldine O'Neill is the author of the Tara Flynn trilogy, set in 1950's Ireland. She was born in Cleland, Lanarkshire, Scotland to Irish-Immigrant parents. She lived in Stockport, Manchester for a number of years, and has lived in County Offaly, Ireland, since 1991.
Formerly a schoolteacher in Ireland and UK, she now writes full time. She is married to Michael Brosnahan, has two adult children and has recently become a grandmother, which she loves.
Music Across The Mersey is her 13th published novel.