Ben Ephraim, Matia

Encircled by the Great Lakes of Canada, a childhood of homeschooling and prodigious reading inspired Matia's fascination for words and stories. Writing original fiction by age 7, she determined early that being a novelist was her vocation. At 17, she completed The Wizard of Kharathad, the first volume in her incipient series of fantasy epics, officially beginning her authorial career.