Irish and Celtic
Revised 10/7/2007
Irish and Scottish authors; authors writing about Irish or Scottish
characters, or novels set in Ireland or Scotland; authors using Celtic
themes
Fantasy
James Hetley Fantasy
based on Celtic myth & legend
Juliet Marillier NZ
fantasy writer–Fantasies based on Irish & Scottish folktales &
lore--series: Sevenwaters; Children of the Light Isles; Bridei Chronicles
Juliet McKenna
Fantasy--series: Tales of Einarinn; Aldabreshin Compass
Julienne Osborne-McKnight
Irish historical fantasy
Jules Watson
Historical fantasy set in Celtic Scotland during the Roman invasions--series:
Dalriada Trilogy
General fiction
Maeve Binchy Irish fiction
writer
Roddy Doyle Irish
novelist–series: Barrytown; Last roundup
Randy Eickhoff Novels
based on classical Irish literature--Ulster Cycle mostly
Marian Keyes Irish
novelist–series: Walsh Family
Edna O'Brien Irish
writer–series: Country girls trilogy
Brendan
O'Carroll
Irish writer
Sharon Owens Irish
romance novelist, writing about life in Belfast
Nora Roberts
Romance–series: Irish; Lindsay Dunne; MacGregor; Night;
Cordina; Sacred sins; Hornblower; Stanislaski/Those Wild Ukrainians;
Calhoun women; O'Hurley; Donovan legacy; Irish born; MacKade;
Dream; Quinn brothers; Stars of Mithra; Gallagher's Pub; Three Sisters Island;
Key; In the garden; Circle. Under the pseudonym of J D Robb, mysteries
featuring Eve Dallas, homicide lieutenant in 21st Century New York, New York
Historical fiction
Elizabeth
Cunningham
Historical fiction about Maeve/Mary Magdalene and Esus/Jesus
Manda Scott Mysteries
& historical fantasy. Mysteries feature Kellen Stewart, a therapist and a
lesbian in Great Britain; Detective Inspector Orla Maccleod, undercover
in Glasgow, Scotland. Historical fantasy features Boudica, Celtic female
opponent of the Romans in 1st Century Britain
Sir Walter Scott Classic
adventures in Scotland
Jules Watson
Historical fantasy set in Celtic Scotland during the Roman invasions--series:
Dalriada Trilogy
Mysteries & thrillers
Vincent
Banville
Mysteries featuring John Blaine, private investigator in Dublin, Ireland
M C Beaton. Mysteries–series featuring: Hamish Macbeth,
Scottish police constable; Agatha Raisin, ex-London advertising exec
now living in the Cotswolds. Under her real name of Marion
Chesney,
historical romance (mostly Edwardian & Regency)–series: 6 sisters;
School for Manners; Travelling Matchmaker; Poor Relation; Daughters of
Mannerling; Edwardian murder mysteries featuring Capt Harry Cartwright,
survivor of the Boer War.
Ingrid Black Mysteries
featuring Saxon, a former US FBI agent turned true-crime writer, and Grace
Fitzgerald, Detective Chief Superintendent with the murder squad, in Dublin,
Ireland
Rhys Bowen Mysteries
featuring: Evan Evans, a village constable in Llanfair, Wales; Molly Murphy, a
Irish immigrant in 19th-century New York, New York
John Brady Mysteries
featuring Matt Minogue, an Irish police detective sergeant in Dublin
Ken Bruen Mysteries:
series feature: Detective Sergeant Tom Brant and Chief Inspector James Roberts
in London's southeast precinct; Irishman Jack Taylor who's luck at
finding things keeps him in beer money
Paul Carson Dublin MD
& non-series thriller writer: none at BCL
Dicey Deere Mysteries
featuring Torrey Tunet, a 28 year old translator from Boston, Massachusetts,
stuck in Ballynagh, Ireland
Peter Berresford Ellis–Celtic studies. Pseudonym Peter
Tremayne–Fantasies,
mysteries–series features: Sister Fidelma, Celtic sister and legal
advocate in 7th Century Kildare, Ireland.
Ann Fallon Mysteries
featuring James Fleming, a solicitor in Dublin, Ireland
Bartholomew
Gill:
the pseudonym of Mark McGarrity. Irish author: mysteries, many featuring
Peter McGarr, police officer in Dublin, Ireland
Andrew M Greeley Mysteries
only, featuring: Father John Blackwood "Blackie" Ryan, Catholic priest in
Chicago, Illinois; Nuala Anne McGrail, young Irish immigrant psychic and
singer in Chicago, Illinois
Jonathan
Harrington
Mysteries featuring Danny O'Flaherty, an American teacher researching his
family's roots in Ireland
Erin Hart Mysteries
featuring Cormac Maguire, an Irish archaeologist and Nora Gavin, an American
pathologist, in Ireland
Michael
Kenyon
Mysteries–series feature: Superintendent O'Malley, of the Irish
Garda; Henry Peckover, police inspector and the Scotland Yard Cockney
poet, in London, England
Alanna Knight
Mysteries featuring: Inspector Jeremy Faro, a detective in Victorian Edinburgh,
Scotland; Rose McQuinn, Faro's daughter, returned to Edinburgh, Scotland from
the American Wild West
Stuart
MacBride
Mysteries featuring Logan McRae, a Detective Sergeant in Aberdeen, Scotland
Val McDermid Mysteries
featuring: Lindsay Gordon, lesbian journalist & socialist in Glasgow,
Scotland; Dr. Tony Hill, a criminal profilers. Under the pseudonym of V
L McDermid, mysteries featuring Kate Brannigan, private eye in Manchester,
England.
Mark McGarrity. Irish author. Under the pseudonym of Bartholomew
Gill:
mysteries, many featuring Peter McGarr, police officer in Dublin, Ireland
Adrian McKinty
Thrillers featuring Irish mercenary Michael Forsythe
Larry Millett Mysteries
featuring Sherlock Holmes and Shadwell Rafferty, an Irish saloonkeeper in
Minnesota
Denise Mina Mysteries
featuring: Maureen O'Donnell, disheveled, mumbling to herself, and drunk by
noon, an unlikely crime solver, in Glasgow, Scotland; Patricia "Paddy" Meehan,
21 year-old crime reporter in 1980s Glasgow
Andrew Nugent Police
procedurals set in Dublin, Ireland
Victor O'Reilly
Mysteries featuring Hugo Fitzduane, a photographer and current occupant of his
family's ancient Irish castle
Harry Patterson Thrillers
& mysteries, featuring: Sean Dillon, IRA enforcer turned British
special agent in Ireland; Liam Devlin, 1940s IRA hero in Ireland; Dougal Munro,
brigadier and Jack Carter, captain in 1940s Ireland. Written as Harry
Patterson, later released as Jack Higgins, featuring: Nick Miller, Sgt. Central
Division detective in London, England. Written as Martin Fallon, featuring Paul
Chavasse, a globe-trotting spy for Britain in the 1960's. Other pseudonyms:
Hugh Marlowe, James Graham
David Pirie Mysteries
featuring Arthur Doyle, a young doctor and Joseph Bell, a doctor and Doyle's
mentor, in Edinburgh, Scotland
Ian Rankin Mysteries.
Series features John Rebus, detective sergeant in Edinburgh
**Candace Robb Medieval
mysteries featuring: Owen Archer, Welsh spy for the Archbishop; Dame Margaret
Kerr in 13th century Scotland
Manda Scott Mysteries
& historical fantasy. Mysteries feature Kellen Stewart, a therapist and a
lesbian in Great Britain; Detective Inspector Orla Maccleod, undercover
in Glasgow, Scotland. Historical fantasy features Boudica, Celtic female
opponent of the Romans in 1st Century Britain
Peter Tremayne–Fantasies,
mysteries–series features: Sister Fidelma, Celtic sister and legal
advocate in 7th Century Kildare, Ireland. (Pseudoynm of Peter Berresford
Ellis–Celtic studies)
Peter Turnbull
Mysteries featuring: The "P" Division of Glasgow, Scotland;
George Hennessey, chief inspector with the North Yorkshire Police in England