Since then, Morgan has never looked back. She now lives in Ireland and her historical fiction titles continue to sell all over the globe. They include Bard, Grania, On Raven’s Wing (titled Red Branch in the USA) and Druids.
Morgan has won numerous prestigious awards, including: Best Novel of the Year (USA, National League of Penwomen); Best Novel for Young Readers (American Library Association): National Historical Society Award (USA).
Her first two books for young readers, Brian Boru and Strongbow, won Bisto Book of the Year Awards in 1991 and 1992. Her other books include Pirate Queen, the story of Granuaile, and Star Dancer.
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British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
Llywelyn, Morgan
The young rebels
1.Ireland - History - Easter Rising, 1916 - Juvenile fiction
2.Children’s stories
I.Title
823.9’14[J]
Cover photographs: Courtesy of Kilmainham Gaol
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