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Erin Hart

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 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,First Presbyterian Church,6201 Osgood Avenue North,Stillwater on 05/22 See details
May 20, 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. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be? A. It's a tie between being funny and playing the fiddle. Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you? A. Integrity, creativity, empathy. Q. What’s your best quality? A. A fierce devotion to laughter. Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing? A. Reading, cooking, listening to music. Learn more about Erin Hart

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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...
Paging through new mysteries
Individual.com, March 20, 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 sister's killer...
Wendy Webb has a good ghost story set on the North Shore
MinnPost, March 6, 2013
...things, when it happens. It feels just like magic.” If you believe in such things. Events Reading with  Erin Hart , tonight (March 6), 7 p.m.
  Common Good Books , 
St. Paul March 7, 7:30 p.m.
  Magers & Quinn ,
 Minneapolis April...
St. Paul: Minnesota's Irish ambassadors
Individual.com, March 4, 2013
...Erin Hart and Paddy O'Brien met on a September night in 1981 on the stage of MacCafferty's Irish pub on Grand Avenue. Erin had just returned from studying in...
College roundup: Weber claims 3-meter diving title
St. Cloud Times, March 6, 2013
...the 200 medley relay team took eighth (1:43.92) to earn All-American honors. The team consisted of Erin Hart, Abby Rasmussen, Steph Crandall and Kelsey Leeson...
Wendy Webb has a good ghost story set on the North Shore
MinnPost, March 6, 2013
...things, when it happens. It feels just like magic.” If you believe in such things. Events Reading with  Erin Hart , tonight (March 6), 7 p.m.
  Common Good Books , 
St. Paul March 7, 7:30 p.m.
  Magers & Quinn ,
 Minneapolis April...
Jervis event features Irish mystery
Rome Sentinel, March 4, 2013
...Librarys Mystery á la Carte Book Groups selection for March is the Irish mystery, "Haunted Ground," by Erin Hart. The discussion will take place noon-2 p.m. on Thursday, March 14, in the librarys accessible auditorium. As always, participants are...
St. Paul: Minnesota's Irish ambassadors
Individual.com, March 4, 2013
...Erin Hart and Paddy O'Brien met on a September night in 1981 on the stage of MacCafferty's Irish pub on Grand Avenue. Erin had just returned from studying in...
Book review: 'The Book of Killowen,' by Erin Hart
Minneapolis Star Tribune, March 3, 2013
...Gavin mystery, Hart weaves the discovery of two bodies with the mystery of language and an ancient book. Erin Hart Photo: , Star Tribune photo galleries view larger resize text Email share your name your email recipients email + add...
St. Paul: Minnesota's Irish ambassadors
TwinCities.com, March 2, 2013
...Erin Hart and Paddy O'Brien met on a September night in 1981 on the stage of MacCafferty's Irish pub on Grand Avenue. Erin had just returned from studying in...
Stewart School Presents The Tales Of Hoffman
Garden City News, March 1, 2013
...the stage crew, and to the parents for costumes and support of Stewart's 75th opera production. Olympia (Erin Hart), the automaton, is introduced Hoffman who immediately falls in love with her. Lindorf (Trevor Soutar) delivers a message to Hoffman. ...