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Erin Hart
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Erin Hart

Erin Hart is a theater critic and former administrator at the Minnesota State Arts Board. A lifelong interest in Irish traditional music led her to cofound Minnesota’s Irish Music and Dance Association. She and her husband, musician Paddy... Read full bio

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A. How do you know you can't do something until you actually try?
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My life in 8 words: "Dreaming, digging, reading, scribbling, and revising, revising, revising!"
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Starred Review in PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
January 24, 2013
The Book of...
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THE BOOK OF KILLOWEN in Library Journal
November 26, 2012
Thrilled to find THE BOOK OF KILLOWEN included in Library Journal's prepub alert, a listing called "What's Hot" for March 2013,...
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Gold torc found in Fermanagh declared 'important treasure'
June 1, 2012
People ask me all the time whether artifacts (or artefacts, as they spell it in Ireland) really turn up with such regularity as...
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Words and Images
January 19, 2010
Hardcover copies of FALSE MERMAID are supposed to be arriving in just over a week, and I'm starting to get a...
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Erin Hart will be at PUBLIC ART SAINT PAUL,University Club,420 Summit Avenue,Saint Paul on 06/18 See details
Jun 16, 2013
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Apr 27, 2013
Excerpt:
Prologue from The Book of Killowen
Mar 31, 2013
The Book of Killowen will be released on March 05, 2013 in Hardcover, eBook
Mar 05, 2013
The Book of Killowen is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Mar 05, 2013
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Jan 31, 2013
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Starred Review in PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Jan 25, 2013
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THE BOOK OF KILLOWEN in Library Journal
Nov 27, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Lake of Sorrows
Oct 19, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Haunted Ground
Oct 19, 2012
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Gold torc found in Fermanagh declared 'important treasure'
Jun 02, 2012
False Mermaid will be released on March 01, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Mar 01, 2011
False Mermaid is now available in Trade Paperback
Mar 01, 2011
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from False Mermaid
May 15, 2010
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Apr 03, 2010
False Mermaid will be released on March 02, 2010 in
Mar 02, 2010

Erin Hart Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. How do you know you can't do something until you actually try? Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing? A. Reading, cooking, listening to music. Q. What’s your greatest flaw? A. Too indecisive? No, wait... Probably perfectionism. Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you? A. Integrity, creativity, empathy. Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her? A. Oscar Wilde --but I'm sure I'd be speechless. Learn more about Erin Hart

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Carl Hiaasen headlines summer/fall Club Book lineup
Minneapolis Star Tribune, May 23, 2013
...the series, along with Eric Schlosser, author of "Fast Food Nation." Also in the lineup: mystery writer Erin Hart and her memoirist/musician husband, Paddy O'Brien; poet Ed Bok Lee; Minnesota Book Award-winning memoirist (and farmer) Atina Diffley; and...
Twin Cities' Club Book author readings slated
TwinCities.com, May 15, 2013
...Eleven award-winning authors, including seven Minnesotans, will give free readings in the summer/fall Club Book season. Club Book, which brings writers to library communities in the metro area, is a program of Metropolitan Library Service Agency,...
Books featuring mothers and their children
Brainerd Daily Dispatch, May 14, 2013
...We have one of the most exciting lineups I’ve seen since I came to the library, including Erin Hart and Paddy O’Brien, Peg Meier, Dave Wellstone and many more. These are fabulous free events, so don’t miss out! If you would like to receive our...
Wendy Webb: What Inspires Authors to Write Their Novels?
Huffington Post, April 9, 2013
...to write their novels, and you'll get a collection of answers as different as the books themselves. Erin Hart is the author of four archaeological crime novels set in the mysterious bogs of Ireland. What inspired her newest novel, The Book of Killowen?...
Paging through new mysteries from across the Atlantic
Wichita Eagle, March 31, 2013
...be miles south of Lewis, but May’s use of setting to shape character makes his book and Erin Hart’s fascinating “The Book of Killowen” (Scribner, $26) close neighbors. A year has passed since American pathologist Nora Gavin “brought her...
Major (and complementary) shows at MIA, Walker
MinnPost, March 26, 2013
...Posts. Our picks through Thursday   Tonight (Tuesday, March 26) at the St. Anthony Library:  Minnesota author Erin Hart reads from and talks about her latest mystery, “The Book of Killowen,”  inspired by the 2006 discovery of a 9th-century...
Books: Paging through new mysteries
Pantagraph.com, March 24, 2013
...be miles south of Lewis, but May’s use of setting to shape character makes his book and Erin Hart’s fascinating “The Book of Killowen” (Scribner, $26) close neighbors. A year has passed since American pathologist Nora Gavin “brought her...
Arizona, again, near bottom for per-pupil school spending
TriValleyCentral.com, June 7, 2013
...spend more, even if the services are the same as those in districts with lower costs of living. Erin Hart, chief operating officer at Expect More Arizona, said that some progress has been made but notes that the low per-pupil spending in Arizona has...
Ariz. per-pupil spending near bottom again
Arizona Daily Sun, June 5, 2013
...spend more, even if the services are the same as those in districts with lower costs of living. Erin Hart, chief operating officer at Expect More Arizona, said that some progress has been made but notes that the low per-pupil spending in Arizona has...
Gentle, Walker get medalist crowns at Mt. Pleasant, Nab
Lowell Sun, June 5, 2013
...both seeded. The rest of the squad includes Maslowski, Pat Anderson (96), Naisy Flannery (99), Janelle Wagstaff (100), Erin Hart (100), Joan Buckley (101), Brigid McNiff (101), Maryrose Murphy (102), Brenda Jarrett (102) and Diane McAuliffe (103). ...
Arizona again ranks near bottom for per-pupil spending
East Valley Tribune, June 4, 2013
...spend more, even if the services are the same as those in districts with lower costs of living. Erin Hart, chief operating officer at Expect More Arizona, said some progress has been made, but notes that the low per-pupil spending in Arizona has forced...
June literary events spark and pop!
Examiner.com, June 4, 2013
...have to happen only in March. Gracing the microphone this month will be Mayor Chris Coleman, Molly Culligan, Erin Hart, Donal Heffernan, Ted King, Paddy O’Brien, and Joyce Sutphen. As a self-avowed Connolly groupie, I’ll be there selling books. Dara...
Arizona near bottom in student spending
KTAR.com, June 4, 2013
...spend more, even if the services are the same as those in districts with lower costs of living. Erin Hart, chief operating officer at Expect More Arizona, said that some progress has been made but notes that the low per-pupil spending in Arizona has...
Census ranked Arizona, again, near bottom for per-pupil school spending
KTAR.com, June 4, 2013
...spend more, even if the services are the same as those in districts with lower costs of living. Erin Hart, chief operating officer at Expect More Arizona, said that some progress has been made but notes that the low per-pupil spending in Arizona has...