She studied English and drama at Goldsmiths College and worked in human resources in local government for 10 years before being injured in a car crash which left her unable to work full time.
Cancer in 2012 led to her writing while sleepless through chemotherapy, and the result was her first published work, The Keeper of Lost Things.
[5]" The Guardian's reviewer described her second novel, The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes as "warm and wise", saying that "Her passages on loss are vivid and visceral",[6] and, writing of her third novel Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel , said "Hogan has a reputation for eccentric characters, hints of the supernatural and the power of unexpected friendships.
"[7] Publishers Weekly's reviewer called her fourth novel "engrossing" and said it had "[the] trappings of a modern fairy tale".
[10][11] The Keeper of Lost Things was shortlisted in the "popular fiction" category for the 2017 Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards (won that year by Gail Honeyman's Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine).