Search - List of Books by Conor Kostick
Conor Kostick was a designer for the world's first live action role-playing game, Treasure Trap. He lives in Dublin where he teaches medieval history at Trinity College. He is the author of many historical, political and cultural articles. Epic was his first novel and was awarded a place on the International Board on Books for Young People Honours list for 2006 and on the Booklist Best Fantasy Books for Youth list for 2007. The sequel to Epic is Saga, first published in Ireland late in 2006. At their 2009 awards, the Reading Association of Ireland gave him the Special Merit Award 'in recognition of his significant contribution to writing for children in Ireland.'
Conor Kostick was the editor of Socialist Worker in Ireland and a reviewer for the Journal of Music in Ireland. He was twice chairperson of the Irish Writers' Union. He was awarded the Farmleigh writer's residency for the summer of 2010.
Fiction
- Epic (O'Brien Press, 2004; Viking Children's Books, Spring 2007).
- Saga (O'Brien Press, 2006).
- The Book of Curses (O'Brien Press, 2007).
- Move (O'Brien Press, 2008).
- Edda (forthcoming, O'Brien Press/Viking Children's Books, 2011).
Non-Fiction
- Irish Writers Against War (O'Brien Press, 2003), co-editor with Katherine Moore.
- The Social Structure of the First Crusade (Brill, 2008).
- Revolution in Ireland (Cork University Press, 2009 [1996]).
- The Easter Rising, A Guide to Dublin in 1916 (Fifth Edition: O'Brien Press, 2009 [2000]), with Lorcan Collins.
- The Siege of Jerusalem (Continuum, 2009).
- Medieval Italy, Medieval and Early Modern Women - Essays in Honour of Christine Meek (Four Courts, 2010), editor.
- The Crusades and the Near East: Cultural Histories (Routledge, 2010), editor.
Total Books: 20
2008 - Move (Paperback)ISBN-13: 9781847170101ISBN-10: 1847170102 ? |