About the author

Prue Batten

<p> I was born in Australia and studied history and politics at the University of Tasmania. I&#39;ve worked as a hotel cleaner, a cosmetician in a major department store, a bookseller but most properly as a journalist/researcher for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation where I met my husband, also a journalist.</p> <p> We now farm in Tasmania, growing the superfine wool for which Australia is famous. I spent almost ten years as a coordinator for the cancer therapy program Look Good Feel Better and time as a walker for Riding for the Disabled and for the local Dogs&#39; Home. I have two adult children, two dogs, too much garden and maybe too little time to write.</p> <p> I write both historical fiction for which Gisborne: Book of Pawns received an Honourable Mention in the 2012 Golden Claddagh Writing Contest, and historical fantasy for which A Thousand Glass Flowers received a silver medallion in the 2012 Readers&#39; Favorite Book Awards.</p> <p> I&#39;m what the pundits call a &#39;niche&#39; writer which means that both the fantasies and the historical fiction don&#39;t conform to pre-conceived concepts of their genres.</p> <p> What better way to entice readers than to offer you a chance to read novels that are unique!</p>