Caiseal Mor

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Caiseal (pronounced Cash'l) is Gaelic for "stone fort".Caiseal Mor is a bestselling fantasy novelist. He is an Australian of Irish decent. Irish folklore is an inspiration for his works. Mor also composes and records music, with eight albums so far and another four on the way over the next year. He is well known for his lavish book and album covers, usually designed by himself. As a child he was diagnosed on the autistic spectrum, which was kept a secret from the wider public until disclosed in his autobiography A Blessing and a Curse; Autism and Me (2007).

Recurring themes in Mor's novels include religion, theology, gods and deities, kingship 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 shares his life with his partner, the portrait artist Helen Wells. Helen produced the cover of Caiseal's autobiography, A Blessing and a Curse, and is a featured artist on Caiseal's album The Well of Yearning (2006). They are currently collaborating on a number of projects, including a series of trance albums. The first of these; ‘Divine Passion – Rain Water’ was launched on November 23 2007.

He is currently working on his much-awaited next novel- “Lady of the Lamp” (to be published in May 2008).

Caiseal makes tribal style drums from recycled materials, and holds workshops on trance drumming using these musical art objects.

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 Waters" (2002)
* "King of Sleep" (2002)
* "Raven Game" (2003)

Other fantasy fiction

* "The Tilecutters Penny" (1998)
* "The Harp at Midnight" (1999)
* "Carolan's Concerto" (2001)

Wellspring Trilogy
* "Well of Yearning" (2004)#1
* "Well of the Goddess" (2005)#2
* "Well of Many-Blessings" (2005)#3

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

Autobiography

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

Music and spoken word CDs

* "The Well of Yearning" (companion to "Well-Spring Trilogy" )
* "Beautiful Hands" (Celtic Harp)
* "Divine Passion-Rain Water (Creative Trance)

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 autism spectrum.
* [http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/04/22/bestselling-novelist-caiseal-mor-comes-out-as-autistic/ An interview with Caiseal Mor ] , by the autistic author Donna Williams.
* [http://oddpod.donnawilliams.net/podpress_trac/web/3/0/Oddpod-20070421.mp3 An audio interview with Caiseal Mor] , by the autistic author Donna Williams.

External links

* [http://www.mahjee.com] Caiseal's official web-site
* [http://mahjee.blogspot.com/] Caiseal Mor's official blogsite
* [http://cdbaby.com/cd/caisealmor] Caiseal Mor's music album is here
* [http://www.sffworld.com/author/378.html] Caiseal Mor at Science Fiction and Fantasy News.
* [http://members.optusnet.com.au/~waldrenm/mor.html] Caiseal Mor interview
* [http://isfdb.tamu.edu/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Caiseal_Mor] Caiseal Mor on ISFDB
* [http://www.jkp.com/] Jessica Kingsley Publishers
* [http://www.dreamlocks.com/] Caiseal & Helen's website on dreadlocks.
* [http://cdbaby.com/cd/caisealmor] website featuring Caiseal's music