Moyra Caldecott

Moyra Caldecott (1 June 1927 – 23 May 2015) was a British author of historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction and non-fiction. Her works include Guardians of the Tall Stones and The Egyptian Sequence.

Moyra Caldecott was born in Pretoria, South Africa, and moved to London in 1951. She married Oliver Caldecott and raised three children. She had degrees in English and Philosophy and an M.A. in English Literature.

In 2000, Moyra Caldecott became one of the earliest proponents of commercial e-books when she contracted with Mushroom eBooks to re-publish most of her titles in electronic formats.

Bibliography

Fiction
 Child of the Dark Star (a future fantasy novel) Paperback and eBook 
 The Winged Man (the legendary King Bladud, Britain c.500 BC) Paperback and eBook 
 The Waters of Sul (set in Aquae Sulis in Roman Britain c.72 AD) Paperback 
 The Silver Vortex (sequel to Guardians of the Tall Stones) Paperback and eBook 
 Hatshepsut: Daughter of Amun (the story of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut) Paperback and eBook 
 Akhenaten: Son of the Sun (the story of the pharaoh Akhenaten) Paperback and eBook 
 Tutankhamun and the Daughter of Ra (the story of the wife of Tutankhamun) Paperback and eBook        
 The Ghost of Akhenaten (the sequel to the Egyptian sequence) Paperback and eBook 
 The Green Lady and the King of Shadows Paperback and eBook 
 The Lily and the Bull (set in Bronze Age Crete) Paperback and eBook 
 The Tower and the Emerald (a romantic fantasy set in Dark Ages Britain) Paperback and eBook 
 Three Celtic Tales (three tales from the Mabinogion) Paperback and eBook 
 Etheldreda (life of the Anglo Saxon saint of Ely, 7th century AD) Paperback and eBook 
 Weapons of the Wolfhound (teenage novel about Vikings set in the Hebrides and Iceland) Paperback and eBook 
 The Eye of Callanish (the sequel to Weapons of the Wolfhound) Paperback and eBook 
 The Tall Stones (the first of the Guardians of the Tall Stones sequence)(1977, Popular Library) 
 The Temple of the Sun (the second of the Guardians of the Tall Stones sequence) 
 Shadow on the Stones (the third of the Guardians of the Tall Stones sequence)
 Adventures by Leaf Light (stories for little children) Paperback and eBook

Myths and legends
 Twins of the Tylwyth Teg (retells a tale from Celtic folklore) 
 Taliesin and Avagddu (retells a tale from the Mabinogion) 
 Bran, Son of Llyr (retells a tale from the Mabinogion)
 Three Celtic Tales (collected edition of the three stories above) Paperback and eBook  
 The Green Lady and the King of Shadows (Glastonbury legends) Paperback and eBook 
 Crystal Legends (the lore and legend of crystals and crystal healing) Paperback and eBook 
 Women in Celtic Myth (tales of extraordinary women from the ancient Celtic tradition) 
 Myths of the Sacred Tree (tree myths and legends from around the world) 
 Mythical Journeys: Legendary Quests (the spiritual search - traditional stories from world mythology) Paperback and eBook

Poetry
 The Breathless Pause (a selection of poems) Paperback and eBook

Autobiography
 Multi-Dimensional Life (a writer's life and inspiration) Paperback and eBook

References

External links
Official site
Publisher's site

Category:1927 births
Category:2015 deaths
Category:British fantasy writers
Category:British historical novelists
Category:20th-century British novelists