J. S. Dunn resided in Ireland during the past decade, and from there pursued early Bronze Age culture along the Atlantic coasts of Spain, France, Wales, and Ireland. J. S. has poured a bronze sword in Cornwall and explored a prehistoric mine in Asturias among other adventures! Numerous archaeologists and experts vetted the details of BENDING THE BOYNE. The author wanted all sites and ancient objects to be as accurate as possible.
Ireland's first gold rush at 2200 BCE! BENDING THE BOYNE is a debut novel and won the Next Generation Indie Award for historical fiction, 2011. Finalist, ForeWord Book Of The Year Award (historical fiction, 2012). For its cover, see the FB page: https://www.facebook.com/BendingTheBoyne A Author appearances: iBAM! November 2012 (USA); History Festival Of Ireland, June 2013 (Ireland); Historical Novel Society, June 2013 (USA). Contributor to Unusual Historicals blog, http://unusualhistoricals.blogspot.com/.
See also GASLIGHT, historical fiction shorts collection from Chamberton Press(October 2012). The author previously has been published in the fields of law and psychology.
A second novel set at 1600 BCE is in progress: STEALING TARA.