What you should know Name: Herbie Brennan Occupation: Author Favourite book: The Crimson Petal and the White, by Michel Faber. Favourite subjects: Esoteric matters, psychical research, anomalies, Mac computers, other people and cats. Favourite journals: Journal of the Society for Psychical Research. Favourite holiday spot: Kenmare, County Kerry, Ireland. Number of books published: 116. Total copies sold worldwide: 10 million +. Herbie Brennan recently (written 2019) celebrated publication of his 116th book, Nectanebo. Traveller From An Antique Land.