Celine Kiernan is the author of the award winning and critically acclaimed The Moorehawke Trilogy, a dark, complex trilogy of fantasy YA books set in an alternative renaissance Europe. The three books of The Moorehawke Trilogy are The Poison Throne, The Crowded Shadows and The Rebel Prince. First published in Celine’s native Ireland in 2008, the trilogy has since been published in 15 different territories, and as of this typing has been translated to 10 different languages. In 2009 the first book of the Moorehawke Trilogy, The Poison Throne, won The Readers’ Association of Ireland Award for best book, it was included in the White Raven Collection and short listed for the 2009 Irish Book Awards in two categories (best newcomer and best children’s book snr catagory). In 2010 it was long-listed for an Australian Silver Inky Award.
Celine’s forth book, Taken Away (aka Into The Grey) – a YA ghost story set in 1970′s Ireland – is the winner of the 2012 CBI Book of the Year (formerly The Bisto award) and the CBI Children’s Choice Award. It is the first book to have won both categories.
Celine lives in rural Ireland with her husband and two teenage children. Her next novel Resonance - A supernatural/sc-fi which her publishers are calling ‘metaphysical gothic’ – is set in 1890′s Ireland and is due for publication in 2013.
Hi there,
Tommie Kelly from http://www.irishcomicnews.com here. Would you be interested in doing one of our QUICK QUESTIONS WITH interviews for the site? If so email me at irishcomicnewsATgmailDOTcom.
Cheers, Love your work
T
Hi Tommie, so nice to hear from you! Thanks for the invite. Will e-mail you today
Hi Celine
Congratulations on The Moorehawke Trilogy. What a great accomplishment! I know you’re interested in the Brontes, so thought I’d let you know about a fascinating ‘debunker’ book I just read called ‘Charlotte Bronte’s Thunder.’ The author uses scholarly research and biographical clues to prove that Emily and Anne never wrote at all. What! Can it be so? Apparently. We also find out that Charlotte spoke with an Irish accent because her father was born in County Down. Not nearly as shocking as the other bits.
Keep up the excellent work.
Hey Celine, I couldn’t find an email address for contact but I just wanted to ask you whether you recently commented on my blog?
The link is: http://heyheyitssanjay.blogspot.com/2011/08/jiggle-dance.html
and you supposedly commented on my post. The hyperlink in the name led me to this wordpress account which I know is you. If you did then can you please reply? I kinda need a confirmation
Thank you!,
Sanjay
Sure did! Hey, was that you who just friended me on FB then? I thought I recognised the name.
ahh, yes that’s me
thank you!
Hi Celine,
I live 5 mins down the road from you, we share the same local bookshop! I am a newbie writer who has written my first book and just started doing the rounds with publishers and agents. Any tips?
Really loved Into the Grey, by the way!
Alison
Hi Alison, it’s a very tough market at the moment – depressingly tough – so write yourself an excellent synopsis and cover letter, make certain that your MS is as clean as possible, and follow the publisher’s submission guidelines TO THE LETTER ( you can find these on their websites) Then start subbing to the big publishers and work your way down, not stopping until you’ve exhausted every single legitimate publisher out there. Meanwhile start writing your next one and keep writing, even if you can’t find a home for this one.
GOOD LUCK
Celine
Hi Celine
I was lucky enough to attend one of your Fantasy Fiction workshops in the IWC a couple of years ago. The positive feedback and support I received from you encouraged me to send my work out into the world. And I am happy to report that an extract of one of my children’s stories was published in the newly formed The Looking Glass magazine recently. I attended the official launch in Trinity College last week, and met with many enthusiastic writers and illustrators! I just wanted to say thanks to you for running the workshop and I hope you continue to inspire emerging writers.
Kind regards
Julianna O’Callaghan
Juliana, I’m so sorry to have taken this long to get back to you! My (SECOND!!!) laptop died and I’m such a web-trog that it’s taken me this long to figure out how to get back into wordpress!
I’m all over a-squee with excitement for you re the writing progress. Where can I track down a copy of The Looking Glass and get to see your work on print?
Huge congratulatory hugs to you!!!!
Celine
Hi Celine,
I was trolling twitter when I stumbled upon Allen & Unwin tweet which led me to check your blog and then your book (The Poison Throne) on GR. I noticed one of my fave fantasy author (Kate Forsyth) rated it 5 stars, I need no further rec to add to my TBR. It looks FAB & btw, I also liked your drawing (comic?). Can’t wait to see it fully colored
Cheers,
Tien
Oh that’s so cool! Thanks so much for coming over and letting me know. I hope you enjoy the books now! (I’ll have to go give Kate Forsyth a great big internet hug
) Thanks for the lovey comment re the comic (It’s set five years after the end of the trilogy btw, so beware spoilers!!)
Hi Celine I’m from Athy College, I would just like to thank you for coming and talking to us
Thank you so much, Matthew. I had a wonderful time with you guys, and it’s so lovely of you to have taken time to come by and say hello! Say hi to everyone from me xox