PAUL KEARNEY

'Paul Kearney' is a fantasy author. He was born in Portglenone, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, in 1967 and studied Anglo-Saxon, Middle English, and Old Norse at Oxford University before spending several years in both the USA and Denmark before returning to Northern Ireland. He currently lives and writes in County Down.
Kearney made his name with the stand-alone novels ''The Way to Babylon'' (1992), ''Riding the Unicorn'' (1994) and ''A Different Kingdom'' (1995). All of these novels had some common threads between them, most notably the use of a hero from our world who journeys into a make-believe one. Despite strong reviews, these books were commercially disappointing, and Kearney was asked to consider a more traditional fantasy epic. The outcome was the ''Monarchies of God'', which brought him a measure of success, and ran to five volumes.
Since finishing the Monarchies series, Kearney has embarked on a new series, ''The Sea Beggars'', which began with ''The Mark of Ran'' (2004)and tells the story of Rol Cortishane. It is based almost entirely around ocean-based adventures. A second volume, ''This Forsaken Earth'' (original working title ''The Stars We Sail By'') was published in July 2006. The series was estimated to be four books long and the third had nearly been completed when the series was unexpectedly dropped by Bantam in May 2007. Kearney hopes to place the series with another publisher, or publish the third book online for his fans.

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Bibliography

★ ''The Way to Babylon'' (1992)

★ ''Riding the Unicorn'' (1994)

★ ''A Different Kingdom'' (1995)
'The Monarchies of God'

★ ''Hawkwood's Voyage'' (1995)

★ ''The Heretic Kings'' (1996)

★ ''The Iron Wars'' (1999)

★ ''The Second Empire'' (2000)

★ ''Ships from the West'' (2002)
'The Sea-Beggars'

★ ''The Mark of Ran'' (2004)

★ ''This Forsaken Earth'' (2006)

External links

★ Official website

★ Interview with Paul Kearney at SFFWorld.com