Emerald Magic_ Great Tales of Irish Fantasy - Andrew M. Greeley [145]
JACQUELINE CAREY was born in 1964. After receiving B.A. degrees in psychology and English literature from Lake Forest College, she spent time living in London and working in a bookstore, returning to the U.S. to embark on a writing career. An affinity for travel has taken her from Finland to Egypt to date, and she currently resides in west Michigan. She is the author of the critically acclaimed “Kushiel’s Legacy” fantasy trilogy, including Kushiel’s Dart, which received the Locus Award for Best First Novel and the Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award for Best Fantasy in 2001. Other previous publications include a nonfiction book, various essays, and short stories. Further information is available at her official author’s site, www.jacquelinecarey.com.
MORGAN LLYWELYN, who is an Irish citizen and lives north of Dublin, has published thirteen historical novels about Ireland and the Celts. These include the international best-seller Lion of Ireland.Work in progress is The Irish Century, a five-volume series chronicling Ireland throughout the twentieth century. The first three of these novels have already been published to wide acclaim: 1916, 1921, and 1949. Llywelyn’s novels have been translated into a total of twenty-seven languages and five have been optioned for film. Her work also includes a nonfiction biography of Xerxes of Persia, four books for children, and a substantial body of short fiction for various anthologies. She is a founding member of the Irish Writers’ Centre, past chairman of the Irish Writers’Union, and a cofounder of the Irish Children’s Book Trust. Among her literary awards are the Washington, D.C. Cultural Achievement Award, the Best Novel of the Year Award from Penwomen International, the Poetry in Prose Award from the Galician Society, Book of the Year for Young Adults from the American Library Association, the Saint Brendan Medal from the Brendan Society, and the Readers’ Association of Ireland Biennial Award. She has been named Woman of the Year by the New York Irish Heritage Committee, Exceptional Celtic Woman of the Year by Celtic Women International, official bard of Clan O’Brien, and an honorary member of Clan Kavanagh.
Table of Contents
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
The Little People
HERSELF Diane Duane
SPEIR-BHAN Tanith Lee
TROUBLES Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple
THE HERMIT AND THE SIDHE Judith Tarr
THE MERROW Elizabeth Haydon
THE BUTTER SPIRIT’S TITHE Charles de Lint
BANSHEE Ray Bradbury
PEACE IN HEAVEN? Andrew M. Greeley
Literar y Fantastics
THE LADY IN GREY Jane Lindskold
A DROP OF SOMETHING SPECIAL IN THE BLOOD Fred Saberhagen
FOR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE Peter Tremayne
LONG THE CLOUDS ARE OVER ME TONIGHT Cecilia Dart-Thornton
THE SWAN PILOT L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
THE ISLE OF WOMEN Jacqueline Carey
THE CAT WITH NO NAME Morgan Llywelyn
About The Auther