Morgan Llywelyn
Autore di Druids
Sull'Autore
Author and historian Morgan Llywelyn was born in New York City to Irish parents. As a teenager, she moved to Texas and by the age of sixteen was showing horses at championship levels throughout the United States. She made the shortlist for the United States Olympic Team in Dressage in 1976, but did mostra altro not make the team. She also modeled for Neiman-Marcus and was a dance instructor for Arthur Murray. She writes historical novels that deal with her Celtic roots and is recognized as an expert in early Irish history and folklore. Her first novel was The Wind from Hastings, but she is better known for her second novel Lion of Ireland: The Legend of Brian Boru, which was published in 1980 and has never been out of print. In 1990, she started writing for children and young adults. She won the 1991 Irish Children's Book Trust Bisto Award for Brian Boru and the 1993 Bisto Award in the Historical Fiction category and the 1993 Reading Association of Ireland Award for Strongbow: The Story of Richard and Aoife. She also writes short stories and has co-authored two fantasy novels with Michael Scott. She currently lives in Ireland. (Bowker Author Biography) Morgan Llywelyn is the bestselling author of Lion of Ireland, Brian Boru: Emperor of the Irish, 1916, and Druids. She lives in Dublin, Ireland. (Publisher Provided) mostra meno
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Opere di Morgan Llywelyn
Only the Stones Survive: A Novel of the Ancient Gods and Goddesses of Irish Myth and Legend (2016) 61 copie
Their son {short story} 1 copia
Princess 1 copia
The Cat with No Name 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Resurrected Holmes: New Cases from the Notes of John H. Watson, M.D. (1996) — Collaboratore — 90 copie
Lovers & Other Monsters: A Collection of Amorous Tales of Fantasy, Old and New (1992) — Collaboratore — 57 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Snyder, Sally (birth name)
- Data di nascita
- 1937-12-03
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
Ireland - Luogo di nascita
- New York, New York, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, New York, USA
Ireland
Texas, USA - Attività lavorative
- model
dance instructor
novelist
author - Organizzazioni
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Literary and Cultural Achievement Award, Washington, D.C. Feis
Exceptional Celtic Woman of the Year, Celtic Women International, Ltd. (1999)
Utenti
Discussioni
YA Victorian time travel house story in Name that Book (Settembre 2015)
Recensioni
Letto anni fa, ancora me lo ricordo perche' l'autore era riuscito a farmi vedere un mondo. La storia fatalmente tragica di Cu Culhain, eroe della mitologia irlandese, figlio di un dio, terribile guerriero, riesce comunque a esser verosimile e umana. E stranamente a far venire voglia di bere Guinness e giocare a hurling...
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 53
- Opere correlate
- 18
- Utenti
- 9,434
- Popolarità
- #2,545
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 127
- ISBN
- 262
- Lingue
- 3
- Preferito da
- 33
Bel libro avvincente ed epico.