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Michelle Markey Butler

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Retired from teaching after more than twenty-five years, I am delighted to have more time for other pursuits.

My debut novel, Homegoing, was recently released by Pink Narcissus Press. A second novel, The Last Abbot of Linn Duachaill, co-authored with Jess Barry, was published by S&H Publishing.

Current projects include the next book in the Tall Ships of Saradena series (after Homegoing), a sequel to The Last Abbot of Linn Duachaill, and a set of connected romance novels.

At True Crime Medieval, Anne Brannen and I cover criminal mayhem from the Middle Ages. Laurie Dietrich provides the transcripts. It turns out people stole, poisoned, ambushed, cheated, manipulated, massacred, and murdered every bit as much during the Middle Ages as now. Which ...more

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	Rapunzel's Daughters by Josie E. Brown (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rose Mambert (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Bill Racicot (Editor) 3.85 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fish Nets: The Second Guppy Anthology by Ramona DeFelice Long (Editor), Edith Maxwell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Mysti Berry (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Homegoing 4.16 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We'd Rather Be Writing: 88 Authors Share Timesaving Dinner Recipes and Other Tips by Lois Winston (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Lisa Alber (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Reggi Allder (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.04 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Transforming Harry: The Adaptation of Harry Potter in the Transmedia Age by John Alberti (Editor), P. Andrew Miller (Editor), Michelle Markey Butler (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.12 avg rating — 26 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spies and Heroes by Dixiane Hallaj (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Marjorie Rommel (Editor), Liz Fyne (Goodreads Author) 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Abbot of Linn Duachaill 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Maudlin of Nowhere (The Tall Ships of Saradena Book 2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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From Memory to Written Record: England 1066 - 1307

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“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. But, sad or merry, I must leave it now. Farewell. - Thorin”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

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