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Shauna Lawless is an author and blogger from County Down

Her books and blogs discuss Irish mythology, Irish history, current reading, and any topics relating to Irish culture she thinks are of interest.

The critically acclaimed Gael Song series has won and been nominated for several awards, including the British Fantasy Awards and the European ESFS Chrysalis Award.

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Mythology and History

The mythology and history of Ireland is beautiful and captivating, but still largely unexplored.

Through her novels and blogs, Shauna explores Irish culture, mythology, folk tales and legends.

Books

Shauna Lawless is an author and her first novel, The Children of Gods and Fighting Men, is out in 2022.

She is represented by Ed Wilson at Johnson & Alcock Literary Agency.

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Blog

The Mythology Queen blog is a place where Shauna discusses all the books she is currently reading, interesting myths and legends, and unknown historical figures.

MOST RECENT BLOG POST

Dreams of Chaos is out now

Hello everyone, I’ve been a little lax with posts recently. I’ve just been so busy – but am hoping to get back to it soon. I’ve a trip to Norway to talk about and some book reviews too. However, I thought I’d just let you all know that Dreams of Chaos is out today! This…

The Broken Empire vs The Red Queen’s War

In a battle between Jorg and Jalan, who would win? Jorg would be a villain if he were in any other series but this one, while Jalan doesn’t want to be a hero, thank you very much. He wants a steady supply of wine. A tryst with Lisa DeVeer would also be welcomed. If not…

2024 update and what 2025 has in store!

Hi everyone, how are you? It’s been a while since I did a blog post. Sorry about that. It’s just been a busy year – however I do plan on doing much more in 2025. In the meantime, here is my year end thoughts and look ahead to 2025! Thoughts on 2024 It’s been a…

Thereafter the Tuatha Dé Danann came into Ireland. In this wise, they came, in dark clouds. They landed on the mountains of Conmaiene Rein in Connachta, and they brought a darkness over the sun for three days and three nights.

LEBOR GABáLA ERENN – TRANSLATED AS The Book of invasions

The Mythological Cycle of Irish history talks about the invading races of magical peoples who came to Ireland

The Fomorians and the Tuatha Dé Danann are the most famous.

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Awards season is looming – or so I’m toldIf you are nominating and have read my work, these are the novels/novellas that are likely eligible ☺️

Shauna Lawless (@shaunalawless.bsky.social) 2024-12-03T18:54:07.836Z

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