Who This Author Is

Eilis Dillon has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 18 catalog-linked books across 1977 to 2010, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Horror & Supernatural, Young Readers & Series Fiction.

Best for readers who want quick tension, supernatural hooks, and paperback-series energy. If you want the easiest first click, start with The Island of Ghosts (Charles Scribner's Sons Books for Young Readers) and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1977 to 2010; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Simon & Schuster and Coronet Books.

Best Place To Start

Author At A Glance

Best known for: Horror & Supernatural entry points • Young Readers & Series Fiction entry points • common used copies from Simon & Schuster and Coronet Books

Genres and themes: Horror & Supernatural • Young Readers & Series Fiction

Who this author is best for: readers who want quick tension, supernatural hooks, and paperback-series energy

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1977 to 2010; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Simon & Schuster and Coronet Books.

Top Books To Start With

  1. The Island of Ghosts (Charles Scribner's Sons Books for Young Readers)

    Simon & Schuster • 1989 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1989 • 151 pages.

  2. The Seekers

    Simon & Schuster • 1986 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1986 • 136 pages.

  3. Death in the Quadrangle

    Rue Morgue|Rue Morgue Press • 2010 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2010 • 160 pages.

  4. Lost Island

    Irish Books & Media • 1998 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1998 • 204 pages.

  5. A Family of Foxes

    Faber and Faber Ltd • 1992 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1992 • 128 pages.

  6. The Cruise of the Santa Maria

    O'Brien Press • 1992 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1992 • 190 pages.

  7. Living in Imperial Rome

    O'Brien Pr • 1991 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1991 • 176 pages.

  8. Citizen Burke

    Hodder & Stoughton General Division • 1989 • standard commitment

    It helps anchor a specific period of this author’s publishing run instead of blending into the undated shelf clutter.

  9. The Interloper (Coronet Books)

    Coronet Books • 1989 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1989 • 256 pages.

  10. The Interloper

    Hodder & Stoughton • 1988 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1988 • 250 pages.

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