Morgan Llywelyn

Morgan Llywelyn (born December 3, 1937) is an American-Irish historical interpretation author of historical and mythological fiction and historical non-fiction. Her interpretation of mythology and history has received several awards and has sold more than 40 million copies, and she herself is recipient of the 1999 Exceptional Celtic Woman of the Year Award from Celtic Women International. In her teens, Llywelyn moved to the Dallas area, where she developed a love of horses. By the age of 16, Llywelyn was competing in professional horse shows across the United States. By age 18, she modeled for Neiman Marcus and Arthur Murray. After 15 years of experience as a horse trainer and instructor, she tried out for and narrowly missed making the 1976 United States Olympic Team in dressage. She was instead shortlisted, missing the cut off score by .05 percent. 1984 Personal Habits, Doubleday 1986 Grania: She-King of the Irish Seas, Forge Books, 1987 Xerxes, Chelsea House Publications, 1989 The Isles of the Blest, Olmstead Press, 1989 Red Branch, Ivy Books, 1990 Brian Boru: Emperor of the Irish, Tor Books, 1989 On Raven's Wing, Mandarin, 1991 Druids, Del Rey, 1992 The Last Prince of Ireland: A Novel, W. Morrow, 1992 O'Sullivan's March 1993 The Elementals, Tor Books, 1993 Star Dancer, The O'Brien Press, 1994 Finn Mac Cool, Forge Books, 1995 Cold Places 1995 Ireland: A Graphic History (with Michael Scott) 1995 Silverhand (Arcana, Book 1; with Michael Scott), Baen, 1996 19 Railway Street (with Michael Scott), Poolbeg Press Ltd, 1996 The Vikings in Ireland 1996 Strongbow: The Story of Richard & Aoife, The O'Brien Press, 1996 Silverlight (Arcana, Book 2; with Michael Scott) 1996 Pride of Lions 1998 1916, A Novel Of the Irish Rebellion, Forge Books, 1999 The Essential Library for Irish Americans 2000 Etruscans (with Michael Scott), Tor Books, 2000 A Pocket History of Irish Rebels 2000 The Earth Is Made Of Stardust, Borgo Press, 2001 1921, The War for Independence, Forge Books, 2001 Granuaile, The Pirate Queen (republished as Pirate Queen in 2006), The O'Brien Press, 2003 1949, The Irish Republic, Forge Books, 2005 1972, A Novel of Ireland's Unfinished Revolution, Forge Books, 2006 The Greener Shore: A Novel of the Druids of Hibernia, Del Rey, 2006 The Young Rebels, The O'Brien Press, 2006 The History of Irish Rebels 2006 The Vikings in Ireland 2008 1999 - A Novel of the Celtic Tiger and the Search for Peace, Forge Books, 2010 Brendan - The Remarkable Life and Voyage of Brendan of Clonfert, Forge Books, 2012 Cave of Secrets, The O'Brien Press, 2013 After Rome, Forge Books, 2014 1014: Brian Boru & the Battle for Ireland, Dover Publications, 2016 Only the Stones Survive, Forge Books, 2018 Drop by Drop, Tor Books, 2019 Step by Step 2020 Inch by Inch, Tor Books, 2021 Breath by Breath, Tor Books,

Awards Year Title Award Wind From Hastings Alternate Main Selection, Doubleday Book Club Used as a history text by Little Rock High School, Little Rock, Arkansas Lion of Ireland New York Times Bestseller Time Magazine Bestseller Cultural Heritage Award, Washington, D.C. Award of Merit, Texas Booksellers Assoc. Literary Guild Selection The Horse Goddess Best Novel, Biennial Award, League of American Pen women Best Novel for Young Ad, American Library Association Historical Novel of the Year, RT Times awards Book-of-the-Month Club Selection Bard: The Odyssey Of The Irish Poetry in Prose Award, Galician Society, University of Santiago de Compostela Award of Merit, The Celtic League Xeres: Past & Present : Non-fiction Biography Part of The World Leaders Series Commissioned by City College of New York, with introduction by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Red Branch Selection of Quality Paperback Book Club Brian Boru: Emperor Of The Irish Winner of Bisto Award for Excellence in Children's Literature Druids Best Foreign Language Novel, Academie Celtique 1991 The Last Prince of Ireland History book Club International selection 1993 Strongbow: The Story of Richard and Aoife Winner of Bisto Award for Excellence in Children's Literature Winner of Reading Association of Ireland Biennial Award for Best Book for Children Finn Mac Cool Selection of Quality Paperback Book Club 1996 Cold Places 100 Best Books for Children, Britain Pride of Lions Literary Guild Selection 1916: A Novel Of The Irish Rebellion Barnes & Noble national bestseller list Irish-American Heritage Award