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ⓘ About Morgan Llywelyn
Llywelyn was born in New York in 1937 with the name Sally Snyder. She would live in New York until her teens when she moved to the Dallas area. It was here that she found a love of horses and eventually began competing in professional horse shows across the country. By the time she turned 18, she started to work as a model for brands like Neiman Marcus. Her love of horses would career her to working as a horse trainer and instructor, and she later turied out for the 1976 United States Olympic Team in dressage. She just missed the cut and was shortlisted instead. She would live in the United States for some time, but after the death of her parents and then her husband in 1985, she relocated back to Ireland. She would become a full Irish citizen and make her home in Dublin.
All Book Series by Morgan Llywelyn
Glendower: The Last Prince of Wales
Latest in the series · book 17 of 17 · published 2023
100 Essential Books for Irish-American Readers
Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 1998
A Short History of Ireland's Rebels
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2013
The Young Oxford Book of Nightmares
Latest in the series · book 7 of 7 · published 2000
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Morgan Llywelyn?
Llywelyn was born in New York in 1937 with the name Sally Snyder. She would live in New York until her teens when she moved to the Dallas area. It was here that she found a love of horses and eventually began competing in professional horse shows across the country.
Which Morgan Llywelyn series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Celtic World Of Morgan Llywelyn series, the earliest of Morgan Llywelyn's multi-book series: it opens with The Wind from Hastings (1978) and runs to 10 books across 1978–2010, ending with Brendan (2010). Morgan Llywelyn's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Morgan Llywelyn written?
Morgan Llywelyn has 52 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1978 and 2023. 23 of them belong to 6 named series — the largest being the Celtic World Of Morgan Llywelyn series with 10 books — and 29 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Morgan Llywelyn's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Morgan Llywelyn's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Celtic World Of Morgan Llywelyn (1978–2010, 10 books), Druids (1990–2006, 2 books) and Arcana (1995–1996, 2 books), plus 3 more.
How are Morgan Llywelyn's books organised into series?
This guide splits Morgan Llywelyn's 52 books into 6 named series and 29 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Celtic World Of Morgan Llywelyn (10 books, 1978–2010); Irish Century (5 books, 1998–2007); Step By Step (3 books, 2018–2020); Druids (2 books, 1990–2006); Arcana (2 books, 1995–1996), plus 1 further series.