List Of Writers

GOWER, IRIS

Website: http://www.iris-gower.co.uk/

Iris Gower was born in Swansea, where she still lives. She weaves her stories around the historical past and a growing Welsh Culture, making the hard facts of the working lives of her characters into tales of passion and pain, defeat and triumphant success. Iris has four children and a growing family of grandchildren. She has been described by a reporter from the Western Mail as "a cross between a sensible grandmother and a feisty heroine".

Iris has written over thirty-five bestselling historical novels with a number of series, including the new Palace Theatre Trilogy. She received an Honorary Fellowship from the University of Wales Swansea in 1999 and has been awarded an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Cardiff.

Selected Publications:
Beloved Captive (MacDonald Futura, 1981)
Beloved Rebel (MacDonald Futura, 1981)
Beloved Traitor (MacDonald Futura, 1981)
The Copper Cloud (Century, 1983)
Return to Tip Row (Century, 1983)
Spinner’s Wharf (Severn House, 1986)
The Loves of Catrin (Century, 1987)
Black Gold (St. Martin’s Press, 1989)
The Sins of Eden (Century, 1990)
Emerald (Severn House, 1998)
Destiny’s Child (Severn House, 1999)
A Royal Ambition (Severn House, 1999)
Sea Witch (Severn House, 1999)
Heart in Ice (Severn House, 2000)
Heart on Fire (Severn House, 2000)
When Night Closes In (Corgi Adult, 2000)
Heart of Stone (Severn House, 2001)

The Sweyn’s Eye Series
The Copper Kingdom (Century, 1983)
Proud Mary (Century, 1984)
Morgan’s Woman (Century, 1986)
Fiddler’s Ferry (Century, 1987)

The Cordwainers Series
The Shoe Maker’s Daughter (Bantam, 1991)
The Oyster Catchers (Bantam, 1992)
Honey’s Farm (Batam, 1993)
Arian (Bantam, 1994)
Sea Mistress (Bantam, 1995)
The Wild Seed (Bantam, 1996)

The Firebird/Potters Series
Firebird (Bantam, 1997)
Dream Catcher (Bantam, 1998) 
Sweet Rosie (Bantam, 1999)
Daughters of Rebecca (Bantam, 2000)
Kingdom’s Dream (Bantam, 2001)
Last. Paradise Park (Bantam 2002)

The Drovers Series
The Rowan Tree (Bantam, 2003)
Halfpenny Field (Bantam, 2004)
The Other Woman (Bantam, 2005)
Bargain Bride (Bantam, 2007)

The Palace Theatre Trilogy
Act of Love: First in the Palace Theatre Trilogy (Bantam, 2006)