Irene Hannon

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Irene Hannon
Born St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
OccupationAuthor
Education Rosati-Kain High School
Saint Louis University (BA)
University of Missouri (MA)
Genre Romance
SpouseThomas Gottlieb
Website
www.irenehannon.com

Irene Hannon (also known as Irene Hannon Gottlieb) is an American author of romance and romantic suspense novels. She was a communications executive with Anheuser-Busch. [1]

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Early life and education

Hannon was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Dorothy Morgan and James Patrick Hannon Sr., an Irish immigrant. [2] She and her brother James, Jr. grew up in Brentwood, Missouri a suburb of St. Louis where she frequently spent time at the local library, eventually working there in high school and college. [3] Hannon graduated from Rosati-Kain High School, a Catholic school. [4] She then graduated with a B.A. in psychology from Saint Louis University and an M.A. in journalism from the University of Missouri in Columbia.

Career

While working at Anheuser-Busch, Hannon began publishing her writing in the 1980s, and eventually left her job to pursue writing fiction full-time. She has won three RITA Awards for her romantic fiction and was inducted in the Romance Writers of America's Hall of Fame. [5] Her other awards include four Carol Awards, six Holt Medallions, a Daphne du Maurier, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from Romantic Times Book Reviews. [6]

She is married to Thomas Gottlieb, [7] and she enjoys gardening, cooking, travelling, and singing in musicals. [8] She typically writes 2.5 novels a year. [9]

Books

Reissues and anthologies

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References

  1. ↑ "Local author wins an 'Oscar' from the Romance Writers of America", St. Louis Dispatch, Jul 6, 2011 https://www.stltoday.com/news/article_06ceaeac-a809-11e0-9ff8-001a4bcf6878.html accessed 4/23/2023
  2. ↑ "Obituary of James Patrick Hannon Sr." November 19, 2021 https://stlouiscremation.com/obituaries/james-patrick-hannon-sr/ accessed 4/23/2023
  3. ↑ "Chatting with Irene Hannon by Diana Davis" https://walruspublishing.com/for-readers/chatting-irene-hannon/ accessed 4/23/2023
  4. ↑ Rosati-Kain High School Alumnae Newsletter, August 2016, St. Louis, MO https://rosati-kain.org/sites/rosatikain/files/august-2016-issue-alumnae-newsletter.pdf accessed 4/23/2023
  5. ↑ Rosati-Kain High School Alumnae Newsletter, August 2016, St. Louis, MO accessed 4/23/2023
  6. ↑ https://www.left-bank.com/event/author-breakfast-laura-benedict-heather-brewer-john-dalton-irene-hannon (accessed 4/23/2023)
  7. ↑ "Obituary of James Patrick Hannon Sr." November 19, 2021 https://stlouiscremation.com/obituaries/james-patrick-hannon-sr/ accessed 4/23/2023
  8. ↑ https://www.irenehannon.com/bio.html accessed 4/23/2023
  9. ↑ "Chatting with Irene Hannon by Diana Davis" https://walruspublishing.com/for-readers/chatting-irene-hannon/ accessed 4/23/2023
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