Colleen Hoover Father: Who Is Eddie Fennell?
Sarah Richards
Published Feb 15, 2026
Eddie Fennell was the father of New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover.
Eddie Fennell was a truck driver.
He and his ex-wife Vannoy Fite had two daughters; Colleen Hoover and Lin Reynolds. He also had a daughter named Murphy Fennell from another relationship.
Eddie Fennell died in 2005 at Lake Tyler in Texas.
Eddie’s daughter Colleen Hoover is an American author. She mainly writes novels in the romance and young adult fiction genres.
Colleen has written twenty-two novels and novellas including It Ends with Us, Verity, It Starts with Us, Ugly Love and many others.
In 2015, Colleen’s novel Confess won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Romance. Her novel It Ends With Us also won the Choice Award for Best Romance in 2016.
Collen’s novel Confess has been filmed as a series by Awestruck and is available on Prime Video via Amazon and iTunes. Katie Leclerc and Ryan Cooper star in the series.
