Mark McGuire, Historical Fiction Author

I’m 75 years old, and I’m writing because some stories refuse to be left untold. I didn’t suddenly find the time to write a trilogy—I finally found the nerve.

The Sisterhood of Survivors Trilogy began with a single question: how did my great-grandmother Jane Corcoran McGuire survive the Irish Famine as a child? I wanted to understand survival not as history, but as lived experience—the daily choices, losses, and determination required to endure it.

These novels follow women who struggle, fail, and rise again together. Their sisterhood is forged in hardship, grounded in resilience and sustained by standing beside one another when it matters most.

Mark McGuire is a genealogy enthusiast whose Irish and French roots shape his passion for stories of endurance and migration. He lives in New Hampshire with his wife, Amy, where the past feels close at hand and Mark remains deeply absorbed in the lives his ancestors might have lived.