Andrea Mara

Andrea Mara
Born	1974 (age 50–51) Dublin, Ireland
Alma mater	University College Dublin

Andrea Mara is an Irish crime novelist. Her bestselling novel All Her Fault was turned into a TV drama by Peacock starring Sarah Snook, Dakota Fanning and Abby Elliott. ^[1]

Biography

Mara was born in Mallow, County Cork in Ireland but moved around and attended Dominican College Sion Hill in Blackrock, County Dublin before going to college in University College Dublin. ^{[2] [3]} Her career was in financial services for 17 years becoming a fund manager before she began writing a blog when her third child was young. After she was made redundant Mara got into freelance writing and from there segued into novels. ^{[4] [5]} Since then she has published 8 novels and her next books will be due through Bantam and Transworld. ^[6]

Background

Mara lives in Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin with her husband Damien and their children. ^{[1] [7] [2]}

Bibliography

Novels

• The Other Side of the Wall (2017)
• Once Click (2018)
• The Sleeper Lies (2020)
• All Her Fault (2021)
• Hide and Seek (2022)
• No One Saw a Thing (2023)
• Someone in the Attic (2024)
• It Should Have Been You (2025)

Sources

1. O'Rourke, Evelyn (6 November 2025). "Sarah Snook leads Sky drama by Irish author Andrea Mara".
2. Leonard, Sue (11 June 2017). "Andrea Mara". Sue Leonard.
3. Devereux, Niamh (6 November 2025). "All Her Fault author Andrea Mara on giving yourself permission to take risks". Irish Country Magazine.
4. Gill, Sarah. "Page Turners: 'It Should Have Been You' author Andrea Mara | IMAGE.ie".
5. Hogan, Jen. "Andrea Mara: 'Dark stories were always rattling around in my head'". The Irish Times.
6. "Transworld acquires three new novels by Andrea Mara". The Bookseller.
7. "About". Andrea Mara.