Check out the interview with Kristin Gleeson, author of the multiple historical series of novels, Rise of the Celtic Gods, The Highland Ballad Series, and the Renaissance Sojourner series.
Kristin is originally from Philadelphia but has lived in West Cork in Ireland for a number of years where she plays the harp and sings, in addition to painting the beautiful landscape around her. She holds a Masters in Library Science and a Ph.D. in history, and for a time was an administrator of a large archive, library, and museum in America and also worked as a public librarian in America and Ireland. She is a B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree.
Myths and other folk tales have always fascinated her and she combined her love of these tales with her harp playing and performed as a professional harper/storyteller at events in Britain, America, and Ireland.