I was crying so hard by the final scene, I couldn’t even see the words on the page. Conran (Amanda) is a children’s book author, freelance editor, children’s book specialist, and children’s book club facilitator at Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA. Originally from England, Amanda now lives in the Bay Area with her husband, two kids and lots of squirrels, deer, and coyotes…in the back garden, not in the house! You can find her at, as well as on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and Goodreads.īree: What a tremendous thing you’ve accomplished in THE LOST CELT. The novel was 60 percent funded by a group of Desert Storm veterans.Į. THE LOST CELT is a modern adventure story, drawing upon video games, time-travel conspiracies, Roman and Celtic history, and the ancient stories of Irish warrior hero Cuchulain, but, ultimately, it deals with the invisible effects of war on veterans of all generations and their families, and the transcendent power of friendship. Instead they discover a quite different secret. They’re determined to help him return to his own time and in the process write the best Veteran’s Day report ever. Barton rolls with the Swanky Seventeens.įourth graders Mikey and Kyler are convinced they’ve seen a real live Celtic warrior transported to the present as part of a secret defense project. Conran’s a member of the Sweet Sixteens, an online group for authors debuting in 2016.
Conran spoke with fellow author Bree Barton about her middle-grade adventure, which was just published by Gosling Press.
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