Carmel Harrington

Carmel Harrington is a no. 1 bestselling and award-winning author from Ireland. Her novels are published internationally and have been Irish Times, USA Today, and Kindle Bestsellers. Carmel’s fourteenth novel, an emotional thriller, The Nowhere Girls, is out in January 2026. Her most recent novel, The Stolen Child, was an Irish Times Number One bestseller, a UK Top fifteen bestseller, a Good Housekeeping Good Books Winner, and shortlisted for an Irish Book Awards Crime Fiction Book of the Year. It was also named a Sunday Times Best Crime Fiction of the Year pick, which described it as ‘Endlessly surprising … with faultless plotting.’ In addition, Carmel’s novella, The Last Bench, has been chosen by the Reading Agency as one of their Quick Reads for April 2026.

Carmel is a regular on Irish television and radio, has been a guest speaker at literary events in Ireland, the UK, and the USA, and served as Chair of the Wexford Literary Festival for three years. She lives in Wexford with her husband Roger, children Amelia and Nate, and rescue dog George Bailey.