Awards and Honors
Wind From Hastings
Alternate Main Selection, Doubleday Book Club
Used as a history text by Little Rock High School, Little Rock, Arkansas
Lion
of Ireland
NY Times Bestseller
Time Magazine Bestseller
Cultural Heritage Award, Washington, D.C.
Award of Merit, Texas Booksellers Assoc.
Literary Guild Selection
Film Rights Optioned
Various foreign rights sold
The Horse Goddess
Best Novel, Biennial Award, League of American Pen women
Best Novel for Young Ad, American Library Association
Historical Novel of the Year, RT Times awards
Book-of-the-Month Club Selection
Various Foreign Rights sold (i.e. Russian)
Bard:
The Odyssey Of The Irish
Poetry in Prose Award, Galician Society, University of Santiago De Compostela
Award of Merit, The Celtic League
Various foreign rights sold
Film rights optioned
Xeres: Past & Present : Non-fiction Biography
Part of The World Leaders Series
Commissioned by City College of New York, with introduction by Arthur Schlessinger.
Selection of Quality Paperback Book Club
Various foreign rights sold
Brian
Boru: Emperor Of The Irish
Winner of Bisto Award for Excellence in Children’s Literature
Various foreign rights sold: Canada * USA *
Druids
Best Foreign Language Novel, Academie Celtique
Various foreign rights sold
The Last Prince of Ireland
History book Club International selection
Film rights optioned
Various foreign rights sold
Strongbow:
The Story of Richard and Aoife
Winner of Bisto Award for Excellence in Children’s Literature
Winner of Reading Association of Ireland Biennial Award for Best Book for Children
Various foreign rights sold: Canada * Catalan * Spanish * USA *
Finn Mac Cool
Selection of Quality Paperback Book Club
Various foreign rights sold
Cold Places
100 Best Books for Children, Britain 1996
Various foreign rights sold
Pride
of Lions
Literary Guild Selection
Foreign rights sold
Film rights optioned together with LION OF IRELAND
1916: A Novel Of The Irish Rebellion
Barnes & Noble national bestseller list
Irish-American Heritage Award
Audio sale, both full length and condensed version
Eleven foreign rights sales to date
Literary and Cultural Achievement Award given by the Washington, D.C. Feis
1999 Exceptional Celtic Woman of the Year Award given by the Celtic Women International, Ltd.
Revised: October 02, 2007 .
