Niamh Greene

{{Short description|Irish novelist (born 1971)}}

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Niamh Greene (born 1971) is an Irish writer.{{cite web |title=Niamh Greene |url=https://www.fantasticfiction.com/g/niamh-greene/ |website=www.fantasticfiction.com |access-date=4 September 2023}}

Greene was born in March 1971.{{cite news |title=Mum with gift for writing |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/lifestyle/mum-with-gift-for-writing/27705061.html |access-date=4 September 2023 |work=Independent.ie |date=20 May 2009 |language=en}} She studied English and French at university and worked in public relations and tourism before becoming a full-time mother. She started writing while her children were at school.{{cite web |title=Author Interview - Niamh Greene |url=https://www.chicklitclub.com/niamhgreene.html |website=www.chicklitclub.com |access-date=4 September 2023}}

Her first novel, Secret Diary of a Demented Housewife,{{cite news |last1=Maye |first1=Vickie |title=Diary of an Irish Yummy Mummy |url=https://www.independent.ie/news/diary-of-an-irish-yummy-mummy/26290315.html |access-date=4 September 2023 |work=Independent.ie |date=4 May 2007 |language=en}} was described as being part of a "yummy-mummy lit" trend which followed Bridget Jones's Diary ten years later and reflected that next phase of life.{{cite news |last1=Behr |first1=Rafael |title=For publishers, every day is Mother's Day |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/mar/18/fiction.features |access-date=4 September 2023 |work=The Observer |date=18 March 2007}} Her other books include Confessions of a Demented Housewife,{{cite news |last1=O'Sullivan |first1=Majella |title=The Yummy Mummy gets more demented |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/the-yummy-mummy-gets-more-demented-1385763.html |work=Independent.ie |date=24 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130173021/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/the-yummy-mummy-gets-more-demented-1385763.html |archive-date=30 November 2012}} Rules for a Perfect Life,{{cite news |title=Review: Rules for a Perfect Life by Niamh Greene |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/review-rules-for-a-perfect-life-by-niamh-greene-2217994.html |access-date=4 September 2023 |work=Independent.ie |date=12 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130173016/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/review-rules-for-a-perfect-life-by-niamh-greene-2217994.html |archive-date=30 November 2012}} and A Message to Your Heart.{{cite news |title=Review: Fiction: A Message to Your Heart by Niamh Greene |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/review-fiction-a-message-to-your-heart-by-niamh-greene-3119168.html |work=Independent.ie |date=26 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130170440/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/review-fiction-a-message-to-your-heart-by-niamh-greene-3119168.html |archive-date=30 November 2012}}