With her mother's encouragement and a successfully published article on horse training, she refocused her efforts in tracing the Llywelyn family history and eventually made a career out of writing historical novels that allowed the exploration of her Celtic roots. She was instead shortlisted, missing the cut off score by. After 15 years of experience as a horse trainer and instructor, she tried out for and narrowly missed making the 1976 United States Olympic Team in dressage. By age 18, she modeled for Neiman Marcus and Arthur Murray. By the age of 16, Llywelyn was competing in professional horse shows across the United States. In her teens, Llywelyn moved to the Dallas area, where she developed a love of horses.

She was the daughter of Joseph John (an attorney) and she attended high school in Dallas. Llywelyn was born Sally Snyder in New York in 1937. Her interpretation of mythology and history has received several awards and has sold more than 40 million copies, and she herself is recipient of the 1999 Exceptional Celtic Woman of the Year Award from Celtic Women International. ' The reader remains captivated from first page to last' Jean M.Morgan Llywelyn (born December 3, 1937) is an American-Irish historical interpretation author of historical and mythological fiction and historical non-fiction. Greeley, bestselling historical fiction author ' A sweeping tale drawn from Celtic mythology' Publishers Weekly An outstanding work' Liverpool Daily Post

' Great feeling and towering imagination. Martin, Madeline Miller and Katharine Kerr.Praise for The Horse Goddess This symphonic adventure weaves an enthralling web of magic as it resurrects the colour and ferment of a long-vanished world, perfect for fans of George R. And so when Prince Kazhak and his wild band of Scythian horsemen burst into her life, she does not hesitate.įleeing with Kazhak across the vast grass seas of ancient Europe, Epona masters the art of the ridden horse and leads the Celtic expansion from Bohemia into the west.īut their journey is plagued by the menacing presence of Kernunnos, a perpetual shadow some call the Shapechanger. But she has never wanted the destiny her power decrees. Centuries before the High Kings, the druids ruled the land.Įpona is a young Celtic girl gifted with mystical abilities.

The Horse Goddess by Morgan Llywelyn