Maureen Peters

For some time, she taught disabled kids, and then took up writing. She has contributed many short stories to several magazines and has produced many books. Maureen was also a known Bronte scholar, with her final two books being about Emily (“Child of Earth”) and Charlotte (“The Child of Fire”) with another focusing on all of the Bronte sisters, called “A Masque of Brontes”.

The best place to start is the Falcon Saga series, the earliest of Maureen Peters's multi-book series: it opens with A Falcon for a Witch (1975) and runs to 12 books across 1975–1978, ending with Falcon to the Lure (1978). Maureen Peters's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Maureen Peters has 161 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1965 and 2021. 40 of them belong to 6 named series — the largest being the Falcon Saga series with 12 books — and 121 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Maureen Peters's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Falcon Saga (1975–1978, 12 books), Malone Trilogy (1975–1995, 3 books) and Falcon Family (1976–1977, 2 books), plus 3 more.

This guide splits Maureen Peters's 161 books into 6 named series and 121 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Falcon Saga (12 books, 1975–1978); Sister Joan Mystery (11 books, 1990–2004); Moon Chalice Quest (6 books, 1977–1978); Rowan (6 books, 1982–1984); Malone Trilogy (3 books, 1975–1995), plus 1 further series.