Edward J. Rielly is a professor emeritus of Saint Joseph's College of Maine, where he created and directed the Writing and Publishing program. He is the author or editor of 30 books and lives in Westbrook, Maine. David Robert Wooten is director of The International Sister Fidelma Society and editor of its magazine, The Brehon. He lives in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PREFACE

Edward J. Rielly and David Robert Wooten

Sister Fidelma: A Woman for All Seasons

Edward J. Rielly

Who Is Peter Tremayne?

David Robert Wooten

The Impact of Sister Fidelma on Irish Crime Fiction

John Scaggs

Teaching Sister Fidelma: Two Models

Edward J. Rielly

Fidelma's Position in the Female Detective Genre

Richard Dalby

Hidden from History: Fidelma of Cashel and Lost Female Values

Christine Kinealy

Brother Eadulf: Monk of Saxmundham

Mairéad Ní Riada

Fidelma Locations in Munster (Ireland)

David Robert Wooten

Fidelma of Cashel and the Brehon Code

Patrick O'Keefe

Druids and Brehons: Fidelma and the Druidic Tradition

Anita M. Vickers

A Druid in New Guise

Christiane W. Luehrs and Robert B. Luehrs

Fidelma of Cashel: The Plight of the Learned Lady

Mitzi M. Brunsdale

Pursuing the Mystery of Religious Life

Patricia C. Flynn

The Sister Is a Mother: Sister Fidelma and the Celtic Church

Frank A. Salamone

Nothing Hidden That Shall Not Be Known: Mystery and Detection

in the Sister Fidelma Novels

John Scaggs

Lady Justice: Social Sleuthing and Sister Fidelma

Jennifer Molidor

Fidelma and the Irish Language

Anna Heussaff

Fidelma and the Celts of Brittany: Ancient and Modern

Herve Latimier

Who Wears the Pants? Role Reversal in the Sister Fidelma Mysteries

M.E. Kemp

The International Sister Fidelma Society

David Robert Wooten

Féile Fidelma: Its Origins and History

Seamus J. King

Interview with Peter Tremayne

Edward J. Rielly

SISTER FIDELMA BIBLIOGRAPHY

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

INDEX