Esther, Quaen o tha Ulidian Pechts (Children's story) (Ullans Press, 1997) Wake the Tribe o' Dan (First novel in 'Drumcrun' trilogy) (Ullans Press, 1998) Fergus an tha Stane o Destinie (Children's story) (Ullans Press, 2000) The Back Streets o' the Claw (Second novel in 'Drumcrun' trilogy) (Ullans Press, 2000) The Plantation of Ulster: British Settlement in an Irish Landscape, 1600-1670 (1st edition, Gill and Macmillan, 1984, 2nd and 3rd editions, Ulster Historical Foundation, 1994 and 2001) The Man frae the Ministry (Third novel in 'Drumcrun' trilogy) (Ullans Press, 2005) Alang tha Shore (Poems) (Ullans Press, 2005) Ulster-Scots: A grammar of the written and spoken language (Ullans Press, 1997, 2nd edition, 2007) Oul licht, New licht (Poems) (Ullans Press, 2009) The Old Orange Tree (Novel) (Ullans Press, 2009)
I was born and raised in east Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Married to Helen, with one son (Fergus) and two daughters, Amy and Beth.
Been living in the Ards Peninsula, Co. Down for 25 years now. I used to work as a Curator at the Ulster Folk Museum. Got that job on the strength of a Ph.D on the 17th century Plantation of Ulster. Main academic interests were vernacular houses, Irish and Ulster-Scots (Scotch-Irish)folklore and the Ulster-Plantation.
Now pensioned off as an office trouble-maker, and in retirement have published 4 novels, 2 books of poems and 2 children's books (and do a bit of adult teaching, including a year as Arts Council 'Ulster-Scots Writer in the Community').
In politics, post-party (not quite anarchist - yet!) and in religion, post-denominational.