Welcome.
The Wildside editions of the Morgan le Fay Series are now available as ebooks.
On the family history side:
I have now added the SOUTHCOMBE family to my SAMPSON tree.
In the mid-1500s Robert Southcombe of Mariansleigh married Ellynour Cruwys. She is my “gateway ancestor”. She was the daughter of the lord of the manor of Cruwys Morchard; so her ancestors have pedigrees going back, in some cases, to the Norman Conquest. Robert’s own ancestry goes back another century, with a link to the murder of the lawyer Nicholas Radford by the son of the Earl of Devon.
I am the author of over 50 books: novels for children and adults, and non-fiction. They cover a wide range, with a particular love of fantasy and Celtic history. Even my contemporary crime novels have links to history and sacred places. I have been three times shortlisted for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and have won the Barco de Vapor Award and the CRT Fiction Book of the Year. 50th Book Party
I am also a keen family historian. I am researching my own family history, mostly in Devon and Kent, and my husband Jack Priestley’s ancestors, mainly in Lancashire and Yorkshire. Some lines go back more than 30 generations, from paupers to lords of the manor. I even know the village in Normandy one of my ancestors came from.
WRITINGS
I am currently working on a book about the first English saints.