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Mary Beth Gibson
ALLi Author Member
Location: United States of America (the)
Genres: General Nonfiction, General Fiction, Historical Fiction
Skills: Speaking Engagement/Lecture, Reading/Literary Event, Press/Media Interview
M. B. Gibson dedicated over three decades to teaching adolescents everything from literature to mathematics to conflict resolution. She passionately believes in the value and dignity of every human being, which she’s carried from her classroom to the pages of her books. Several short stories and creative nonfiction pieces were published in magazines and anthologies, one of which resulted in a second Pushcart Prize nomination. A middle grade story, The Least of These, was honored as a finalist in PNWA’s Children’s Literature category.
After raising three headstrong daughters, she lives the quiet life with her husband in rural South Carolina.
Mary Beth Gibson's books
Aroon: Book One of The Duncullen Saga
Ominous clouds loom over Duncullen Estate.
Are they created by mystical forces?
Or a family history of insanity?
Young heir Richard yearns for an academic life. But his father insists he abandon his foppish dreams and run the estate like a man. Will he defy his father’s tyrannical demands? Or is he destined for a dismal life that is not his own?
Fleeing obscene poverty, Eveleen joins Duncullen’s staff where, scrawny and tattered, she is mocked.
Yet, Richard’s kindness captivates her. Loneliness draws them together. As their secret, forbidden romance blooms, so does Eveleen’s risk of dismissal. Fiercely in love, she ignores the prospect of eviction and starvation.
At the same time, Richard’s father is hell-bent on twisting his son into his own image. Tempers ignite. Pressures intensify. Richard becomes plagued by gruesome visions.
It cannot go on. He will stop the torture the only way he can.
A killing.
You can’t put down this riveting story of love, murder, and betrayal in 18th century Ireland.
Harps Upon the Willows: Book Two of The Duncullen Saga
Nan and Father Alistair walk a treacherous road.
One that leads directly to the gallows.
Landowners are evicting family after family. The result is homelessness and starvation. Irish peasants have had enough. But can the gentry be stopped?
Fifteen-year-old Nan is hell-bent on doing her bit. Little does she know her greatest enemy, Sir Richard Lynche, is her father.
Father Alistair spurs the rebels on, reminding them they are children of God. He becomes the gentry’s prime target in their quest to squelch the revolt. Will the priest’s own demons do him in first?
You’ll be swept up in this fast-paced saga based on actual incidents that rocked eighteenth-century Tipperary.
2018 Winner of the Kindle Book Award--Literary Fiction
Patience Can Cook a Stone: Book Three of The Duncullen Saga
The government is in shambles.
Battle lines have been drawn.
In the lawless backcountry of 1780 South Carolina, no one is safe.
Mr. Tom, of Kilkenny Plantation, is dead. His sons, Carlton and Alden, clash over loyalty, patriotism, even the very definition of freedom. Is the homestead cursed? Unless the evil is lifted, everyone from the slaves to the master will pay the price.Nan and Joe Dillon, as free servants, wish only to raise their family in peace. Can they avoid being sucked into this savage conflict? Or will they be ripped apart?
Book Three of the award-winning Duncullen Saga is based on the memoir of Revolutionary War Patriot, Tarlton Brown. Experience the fierce fighting along the frontier of the Savannah River during America’s first civil war.