Eileen Enwright Hodgetts

Biography

USA TODAY BEST SELLING AUTHOR Eileen Enwright Hodgetts is a much traveled writer. Brought up in England and Wales, she has also lived and worked in South Africa and Uganda and now makes her home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her life experiences allow her to use exotic backgrounds for her novels and to understand how an adventure can begin with just one small incident. For ten years she directed a humanitarian mission in East Africa and is also involved in a Ugandan Coffee Farm. Much of her writing reveals not only her great fondness for the British Isles, but also her British sense of humor which still sees the funny side of most situations.

Her screen play of the US senate investigations into the sinking of the TITANIC is currently being made into a major movie. (The working title is UNSINKABLE for those who want to follow it on IMDb).

In addition to writing novels, Eileen Enwright Hodgetts is also an accomplished playwright with a number of national awards to her credit. Her novel, WHIRLPOOL, began life as a stage musical about a free-spirited woman and her desire to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. The musical played at the Niagara Falls Convention Center in Niagara Falls, New York. In 1993 the Mayor of Niagara Falls, NY, proclaimed the summer of 1993 as Whirlpool Theater Days in honor of the production.

AFRIC is a realistic novel based on the author's personal experiences and observations from 36 visits to Uganda over the past 12 years. The story is a drama ripped from today's headlines with an appealing heroine, and a cast of colorful but realistic characters. It is also an eye-opening look at the realities of life and death in modern Africa and the role that the USA plays behind the scenes in African politics.

The discovery of King Arthur's sword Excalibur is the starting point of EXCALIBUR RISING, a new historical fiction series. Books One, Two, Three and Four are available currently and are ranking in the very top section of the Historical Fiction genre. More on the way? Most probably!

Currently she is writing a three book WWII mystery series rich with her memories of the post-war years in England.

When she is not writing novels or movie scripts or staging theater plays, she is exploring the art of cheese making. Find her blog at eileenenwrighthodgetts.com

Where to find Eileen Enwright Hodgetts online

Books

Legacy
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 106,590. Language: English. Published: September 2, 2023 by Eileen Enwright Hodgetts. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
Seeking her roots in East Africa, Sarah Jensen discovers a murdered Peace Corps worker, a kidnapped baby and a ruthless warlord. She takes a stand. It might be her last!
Excalibur Rising: Book Two
Series: Excalibur Rising, Book 2. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 106,880. Language: English. Published: August 29, 2023 by Eileen Enwright Hodgetts. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Fantasy » Historical, Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Historical » General
King Arthur prepares to fight his final battle against Mordred. When a peasant boy finds a hoard of alien coins, he begins a journey that will change the future of Camelot. In Book Two of Excalibur Rising, Violet and Ryan are trapped in Albion while King Arthur faces defeat at the hands of Mordred. The peasant boy's coins offer them the hope of returning home but they cannot leave while Camelot...
Excalibur Rising - Book Four
Series: Excalibur Rising, Book 4. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 95,710. Language: English. Published: August 29, 2023 by Eileen Enwright Hodgetts. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Fantasy » Historical
Merlin's magical powers are fading and Albion faces enemies on all sides. While Arthur's heir fights for the possession of Camelot, Ryan races against time to rescue Violet from the Isle of Avilion.
Excalibur Rising - Book Three
Series: Excalibur Rising, Book 3. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 90,600. Language: English. Published: August 29, 2023 by Eileen Enwright Hodgetts. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Fantasy » Historical
Ryan brings Excalibur back to his own world for safekeeping and leaves Violet behind in Albion. When he steps through the portal in England he finds enemies on all sides. Pursued by Michael Mandretti's mob friends and Bors the one eyed man, he must rely on a goodhearted London car thief and his dog to help him save King Arthur's world. Aided by Gwyneth, a magical folk singer, Violet's brother...
Excalibur Rising - Book One
Series: Excalibur Rising, Book 1. Price: Free! Words: 96,830. Language: English. Published: August 29, 2023 by Emerge Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic
A newscaster. A psychic. A legend brought to life… Marcus is losing his touch. The TV newscaster's ratings are down and his job is on the line. So when he's given the opportunity to leave Las Vegas and search for Excalibur, the missing artifact from one of the greatest legends ever written, he jumps at the chance. It doesn't hurt that the mafia also gave him an offer he couldn't refuse. Violet...
Coronation - A House of Windsor Mystery
Price: Free! Words: 87,700. Language: English. Published: April 4, 2023 by Eileen Enwright Hodgetts. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Historical » General
England 1952: The king is dead! The crown jewels are missing, Can they be found in time to thwart a conspiracy and crown Queen Elizabeth !!?
Excalibur Rising - Book Zero
Series: Excalibur Rising, Book 0. Price: Free! Words: 17,250. Language: English. Published: December 7, 2022 by Eileen Enwright Hodgetts. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Fantasy » Historical, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Family sagas
A gripping PREQUEL to the Excalibur Rising Series. It's 13th century England and the only hope for the people is that a long lost legendary sword appears and saves them from a tyrant king. King John of England fights for his throne while Athelstane, a Saxon stable boy, fights for his freedom. A mysterious young lady tells Athelstane that Excalibur, the legendary sword, will buy his passage to...
Alibi
Series: Toby Whitby WWII Murder Mystery Series, Book 0. Price: Free! Words: 33,300. Language: English. Published: December 6, 2022 by Emerge Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » War & military adventure, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime, Fiction » Mystery & detective » International crime
A World War Two Murder Mystery Novella December 1940: London's burning. Bombs fall every night. Toby Whitby must save a man from a death sentence…for looting! The suspect's alibi, if revealed, would rock the world! Ralph Pemberton, a mild-mannered man whose weak heart kept him out of battle, has been accused of a smash and grab. His fingerprints place him at the scene but he refuses to offer an...
Air Raid
Series: Toby Whitby WWII Murder Mystery Series, Book 1. Price: Free! Words: 88,720. Language: English. Published: December 6, 2022 by Eileen Enwright Hodgetts. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime, Fiction » Mystery & detective » International crime
"An ingenious crime drama seamlessly woven into the backdrop of post-World War II England." - Kirkus Reviews A contested fortune. An air raid. A missing baby. A dead lawyer who knew too much. Can his replacement avoid the same dark fate? England, 1952. Lawyer Toby Whitby's poor eyesight stole his chance to serve his country. When the lawyer's boss is murdered, Toby inherits the case of a...
The Girl in the Barrel
Price: Free! Words: 132,780. Language: English. Published: December 6, 2022 by Eileen Enwright Hodgetts. Categories: Fiction » Adventure
The year is 1923 and the Jazz Age is in full swing. Evangeline Murray, a young widow from Ohio, is recruited by the Women's Freedom Movement to represent the spirit of modern womanhood by going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. Evangeline eagerly embraces her opportunity to achieve fame and fortune, until she sees the power of the river and begins to understand the risk she is taking. Joshua...
The Girl on the Carpathia - A novel of the Titanic
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 130,530. Language: English. Published: December 6, 2022 by Eileen Enwright Hodgetts. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Adventure » Sea adventures, Fiction » Romance » Clean & wholesome
SELECTED FOR THE FRONT PAGE OF PUBLISHERS WEEKLY MARCH 20 EDITION "SOS TITANIC TO ALL SHIPS. SINKING HEAD DOWN 41.46 N 50.14 W. COME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE" North Atlantic Ocean, 1912. Kate Royston is a witness to history as the RMS Carpathia responds to the Titanic's desperate SOS. Kate plans to escape personal tragedy by fleeing to Europe but everything changes when the Carpathia races to save...
Excalibur Rising Prequel
Series: Excalibur Rising, Book 0. Price: Free! Words: 17,240. Language: English. Published: December 6, 2022 by Eileen Enwright Hodgetts. Categories: Fiction » Fairy tales, Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Historical » General
A gripping PREQUEL to the Excalibur Rising Series. It's 13th century England and the only hope for the people is that a long lost legendary sword appears and saves them from a tyrant king. King John of England fights for his throne while Athelstane, a Saxon stable boy, fights for his freedom. Sapling, a mysterious young lady, tells Athelstane that Excalibur, the legendary sword, will buy his...
The Girl in the Lifeboat
Series: Novels of the Titanic, Book 2. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 132,840. Language: English. Published: December 6, 2022 by Eileen Enwright Hodgetts. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Adventure » Sea adventures
"SOS TITANIC TO ALL SHIPS. SINKING HEAD DOWN 41.46 N 50.14 W. COME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE" She has survived the sinking of the Titanic; will she survive the White Star Line's attempts to silence her? April 1912: Runaway aristocrats Poppy and Daisy Melville sign on as stewardesses for the Titanic's maiden voyage. After their harrowing rescue by the Carpathia, they are forbidden from disembarking in...