The Mistletoe Matchmaker (Finfarran 3): A cosy and uplifting festive read
| By: | Felicity Hayes-McCoy |
| Publisher: | Hachette Books Ireland |
| Published: | October 2017 |
| Pages: | 320 |
| Categories: | Fiction |
| Available as: | Paperback |
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'Felicity Hayes-McCoy was born in Dublin, Ireland. She read English and Irish language and literature at UCD before moving to England in the 1970s to train at The Drama Studio, London. Her work as a writer includes television and radio drama, features, documentaries, dramatisations and adaptations; screenplays; music theatre; children's books, and interactive multimedia products. She and her husband, opera director Wilfred Judd, live in Corca Dhuibhne and in Bermondsey, London. She blogs about life in both places on her website www.felicityhayesmccoy.co.uk '
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