In reference to this career change, Llywelyn had this to say: With her mother's encouragement and a successfully published article on horse training, she refocused her efforts in tracing the Llywelyn family history and eventually made a career out of writing historical novels that allowed the exploration of her Celtic roots. She was instead shortlisted, missing the cut off score by. 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. By age 18, she modeled for Neiman Marcus and Arthur Murray.
By the age of 16, Llywelyn was competing in professional horse shows across the United States.
In her teens, Llywelyn moved to the Dallas area, where she developed a love of horses. She was the daughter of Joseph John (an attorney) and she attended high school in Dallas. Llywelyn was born Sally Snyder in New York in 1937. 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. “The most intriguing of warrior/mystic/romance concoctions.Morgan Llywelyn (born December 3, 1937) is an American-Irish historical interpretation author of historical and mythological fiction and historical non-fiction.
a full-bodied historical novel sure to be savored by many.” - Booklist “A stunning novel that brilliantly evokes the times and the people. “She brings the legends of Ireland to life and presents us with characters who are living, breathing individuals, with all the strengths and weaknesses of the humans who walk the earth today.” - Irish Echo “By deftly reworking Ireland's ancient myths and legends, Morgan Llywelyn has made Bard ring with Celtic spirit.” - Los Angeles Times
It makes for a wonderful book.” - The Washington Post Amergin and his tribe decide to fight for their adopted country, touching off a conflict that will change the face of Ireland forever. But when they arrive on Ierne, they are confronted by a mysterious people who will one day fuel legend and myths: the Tuatha Dé Danann, people of the Goddess Danu. Joined by his warlike brothers and tribe, Amergin leads his people across the seas to their new home. All this changes when Amergin's new servant, a shipwright named Sakkar, tells him of Ierne, a green and fertile land to the north. In bleak Iberia, his people would rather do battle than make great art, and Amergin can only dream of a home free from bloodshed. Morgan Llywelyn's Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish is the tale of the coming of the Irish to Ireland, and of the men and women who made that emerald isle their own.Īmergin, chief bard and druid of the tribe of Milesios, lives in a world without poetry.
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