A. G. Rivett

My first inkling of THE ISLE FINCARA TRILOGY came on the west coast of Ireland, but it was in Scotland that I learned more about indigenous Celtic culture and its spiritual traditions. What I learned feeds into all the books of my Trilogy.

In THE SEABORNE, I draw on a time when, working as a doctor in Northern Nigeria, I learned how it felt to be the stranger – living in a culture that was simpler, technologically, yet at the same time rich in being closer to its indigenous roots.

Then, back in Britain, ministry in the Church of England fed into my writing, providing inspiration for the character of Father Hugh in THE SEABORNE, and his wife Morag, the central figure of THE PRIEST’S WIFE. In THE SHAREG, due to come out at the Festival of Writing and Storytelling on Iona in 2026, I go on to explore my Islanders’ response to an authoritarian power bent on destroying their way of life.

I now live in Wales with Gillian, my wife and writing partner.