Mark McGuire, Historical Fiction Author

I’m 75 years old. That means a couple of things.

I’ve earned the right to tell long stories—and I’ve learned when to let silence do some of the work. I’m not writing for trends or approval. I’m writing because some stories stay with you, and some refuse to be left untold. 

People sometimes ask why I decided to write a trilogy now. The truth is, I didn’t suddenly find the time. I finally found the nerve.

The Sisterhood of Survivors Trilogy began with a question I couldn’t shake: How did my great-grandmother Jane Corcoran McGuire survive the Irish Famine when she was barely more than a child?

I didn’t want to understand this question in a history-book way, but in a human one—in terms of the daily choices, the losses, and the courage it took to wake up and keep going.

These novels follow women who endure, argue, cry,  laugh, and sometimes fail—but always stand back up together. Their sisterhood isn’t about being alike; it’s about leaning on each other to get through this together.  Quiet bonds formed in struggle that carry them—and maybe you—through life. 

I hope you’ll walk alongside these women for a while.

Mark McGuire is a devoted genealogy enthusiast who has spent years tracing the lives and stories of those who came before him—a search that continues to shape both his days and his writing. Guided in part by Irish and French roots, he is drawn to family histories marked by endurance, migration, and quiet resilience. Mark lives in New Hampshire with his wife, Amy, where old towns, long winters, and a strong sense of place keep the past close at hand.