Historical fiction with a hint of mystery and touches of grace

This Horse Thief 1898 website will share background on the people, places and events in the Cally and Charlie series, including a bookmark to help guide you through Horse Thief 1898.

I hope you will enjoy it!

Find each book in the Cally and Charlie series:

An Irish lassie meets a young pianist in a tragedy at sea. Will their paths cross again?

Can Cally and Charlie find the true treasure in their Idaho escape from vigilante justice?

What faeries much each character face as they return to an Ireland in turmoil?

Horse Thief 1898
Treasure Hunt 1904
Facing the Faeries 1906

Hi, I’m Debra. I’ve been a storyteller all my life, to my sibs, kids, and now grandkids. In the last few years I’ve switched from writing nonfiction to memoir (Karis: All I See Is Grace) and then to fiction. It’s been delightful! My nonfiction, written in Portuguese, was published in Brazil, where our family lived for twenty years. Karis: All I See Is Grace is now available in Portuguese and Spanish as well as English. For the last twenty years I’ve lived in Pittsburgh, PA with my husband Dave near our son and two daughters and their delightful families.

Campfire Song Stories
The Giggly Bug

Debra Kornfield: Fiction with a hint of mystery and touches of grace.

Killeagh, County Cork

Cally was born and grew up on a small farm in southern Ireland near the village of Killeagh, pronounced “Cilla”. Between the Donnelly farm and Killeagh is a rare hilly forested area called Glenbower Wood, which from 1182-1933 (750 years!) was part of the estate of the de la Chapelle family (later called the De…

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