Ceane O'Hanlon-Lincoln

~ABOUT THE AUTHOR~ CEANE O'HANLON-LINCOLN was born at the witching hour of midnight during an April thunderstorm, and she has led a somewhat stormy, rather whirlwind existence ever since. A native of southwestern Pennsylvania, Ceane (SHAWN-ee or Shawn) taught high school French for several years. Already engaged in commercial writing, she immediately began pursuing a career writing both fiction and history. In the tradition of a great Irish seanchaí (storyteller), O’Hanlon-Lincoln has been called by many a “state-of-the-heart” writer. In 1987, at Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute, two of her screenplays made the “top twenty-five,” chosen from thousands of nationwide entries. In 1994, she optioned one of those scripts to Kevin Costner; the other screenplay she reworked and adapted, in 2014, to the first of her spellbinding SLEUTH SISTERS MYSTERIES, THE WITCHES' TIME-KEY, conceived years ago during a memorable sojourn in Ireland. As Ceane stood on the sacred Hill of Tara, the wind whispered ancient voices– ancient secrets. O’Hanlon-Lincoln never forgot that ever so mystical experience. FIRE BURN AND CAULDRON BUBBLE is the Sleuth Sisters’ second sleuthing adventure, THE WITCH'S SILENT SCREAM the sexy third. WHICH WITCH IS WITCH? is the witchin’ fourth, WHICH-WAY the spine-tingling fifth, THE WITCH TREE the haunting sixth, The WITCH'S SECRET the scintillating seventh. CAREFUL WHAT YOU WITCH FOR is the Sisters’ eighth witched whodunit, SOMEONE TO WITCH OVER ME the sizzling ninth, WITCH UPON A STAR the stellar tenth, WITCHFUL THINKING the enthralling eleventh, A WITCH IN TIME the twelfth timely page-turner, and THE WITCHING WELL the thirteenth hard-to-put-down mystery in the bewitching series. Watch for THE WITCH'S LOOKING GLASS, book fourteen, coming soon! CEANE CRAFTS EACH OF HER SLEUTH SISTERS MYSTERIES TO STAND ALONE, though it’s always nice to read a series in order for the most surprises– and this author hopes you like surprises! A prolific writer, Ceane saw her first poem published in Great Poems of Our Time. Winner of the Editor’s Choice Award, “The Man Who Holds the Reins” appears in the fore of her romantic short-story collection AUTUMN SONG– the ultimate witchy-woman read. William Colvin, a retired Pennsylvania theatre and English teacher, said of her AUTUMN SONG: “The tales rank with those of Rod Serling and the great O. Henry. O’Hanlon-Lincoln is a master storyteller.” Robert Matzen, writer/ producer of Paladin Films, said of AUTUMN SONG: “I like the flow of the words, almost like song lyrics. Very evocative.” World-renowned singer/ actress Shirley Jones has lauded Ceane with these words: “She is an old friend whose literary work has distinguished her greatly.” In February 2004, O’Hanlon-Lincoln won the prestigious Athena, an award presented to professional “women of spirit” on local, national and international levels. The marble, bronze and crystal Athena sculpture symbolizes “career excellence and the light that emanates from the recipient.” Soon after the debut of the premier volume of her Pennsylvania history series, COUNTY CHRONICLES, the talented author won a Citation/ Special Recognition Award from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, followed by a Special Recognition Award from the Senate of Pennsylvania. She has since won both awards a third time for COUNTY CHRONICLES– the series. In 2014, Ceane O’Hanlon-Lincoln was ceremoniously inducted into her historic Pennsylvania hometown’s Hall of Fame. Ceane shares Tara, her 1907 Victorian home, with her beloved husband Phillip and their champion Bombay cats, Panthèra, and Black Jade and Black Jack O’Lantern. In addition to creating her own jewelry, which she calls Enchanted Elements, her hobbies include travel, nature walks, theatre, film, antiques, and reading “… everything I can on Pennsylvania, American, and Celtic history, legend and lore. Moreover– I love a good mystery! Historians, in essence, are detectives– we’re forever connecting the dots.” ~ A MESSAGE TO HER READERS from The Mistress of Mystery and Magick– CEANE O'HANLON-LINCOLN ~ “There’s a little witch in every woman.” “I write because writing is, to me, like the Craft itself– empowering. Writing, as the Craft, is creation. When I take up a pen or sit at my computer, I am a goddess, a deity wielding that tool like a faerie godmother waves a wand. “Via will, clever word-choice and placement, I can arrange symbols and characters to invoke a whole circuitous route of emotions, images, ideas, arm-chair travel– and yes indeed, even time-travel. A writer can create– magick! “Because of my intense love of history, I have long fantasized about time-travel. Now I do it via my Sleuth Sisters Mysteries. “I am often asked where I get my inspiration. The answer is ‘From everything and everyone around me.’ I love to travel, discover new places, and meet new people, and I have never been shy about talking to people I don’t know. I love to talk, hence over the years, I’ve had to train myself to be a good listener. One cannot learn anything new, talking. “People also ask me if there is any truth to the stories I pen about my savvy Sleuth Sisters. To me, they are very real, though each is my own creation, and since I have always drawn from life when I write, I would have to say that there is a measure of truth in each of their essences and in each of their witchy adventures.” How much, though, like the author herself– shall remain a mystery.