Caiseal Mor

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Caiseal Mor is a bestselling fantasy novelist. He is an Australian of Irish decent. Irish folklore is a huge inspiration for his works. Mor also records music in his spare time, with six albums of original music. He is well known for his lavish book and album covers, all designed by himself. As a child he was diagnosed on the autistic spectrum, disclosed in his soon to be published autobiographyA Blessing and a Curse; Autism and Me (2007).

Caiseal (pronounced Cash'l) is Gaelic for "circular stone fort".

Recurring themes in Mor's novels includes religion, theology, gods and deities, kingdoms and empires and ancient times. His books are set in Ireland, Scotland and a personal interpretation of the Celtic Otherworld which he refers to as the Far Country.

Caiseal has been sharing his life with his partner, artist Helen Wells, for 3 years. Helen produced the cover of Caiseal's upcoming autobiography, A Blessing and a Curse, and is a featured artist on Caiseal's album The Well of Yearning. They are currently collaborating on a book about dreadlocks .

They make drums , perform together and regularly travel and stay in their traditional Mongolian yurt . Below is the short bio from his blog, reproduced with permission;

Caiseal Mor squandered his youth in the town of Woop-Woop, Queensland. Diagnosed as autistic at a young age he struggled to be "normal" and failed spectacularly. At twenty, after years of trying to fit in, he got it into his head to run away and join the circus. Within a year he’d moved into a damp share-house in North London. It was during his stay in England he first encountered eccentricity as a way of life and this experience inspired him to cut a path somewhat at odds with the establishment. When his working holiday visa expired he returned to Australia intending to study. A degree in theatre arts proved to be an excellent preparation for the life of a ne’er-do-well. Nevertheless, for a short while, he managed to secure paid employment as a high school teacher. His first novel, "The Circle and The Cross, was a bestseller when it was published in 1994. These days he's kept busy as a writer, sculptor, musician and traveller. Caiseal is currently living on a precarious income somewhere in the wilds of Eastern Victoria. His life is blessed by the presence of his best friend, Helen and an assortment of inquisitive marsupials.

Caiseal's previous website, www.caiseal.net is now replaced by his blog at [[1]]

1 Book Titles
2 Autobiography

[edit] Book Titles

Fantasy Fiction

The Wanderers:

The Circle and the Cross (1999)
The Song of the Earth (2000)
The Water of Life

The Watcher's Trilogy:

[[The Meeting of the Water's]] (2002)
King of Sleep (2002)
Raven Game (2003)

Other Fantasy Fiction

The Tilecutters Penny (1998)
The Harp at Midnight (1999)
Carolan's Concerto (2001)
Well of Yearning (2004)
Well of the Goddess (2005)
Well of Many-Blessings (2005)

Non-Fiction

Scratches in the Margin (1996)
The Moon on the Lake (1995)

Other Books Caiseal and his partner, artist Helen Wells, are currently producing a book on dreadlocks

[edit] Autobiography

A Blessing and a Curse; Autism and Me (2007) published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers , due out May 2007

[edit] Music and spoken word CDs

The Well of Yearning (companion to Well-Spring Trilogy )

[edit] Autism

Caiseal Mor's autobiography, A Blessing and a Curse; Autism and Me , published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers due out May 2007, reveals his autistic childhood and diagnosis on the autistic spectrum.