Joan Harcourt-Turner has been telling and writing children's fantasy stories since she was a child herself. Her mother encouraged an interest in fairies and magic, and she has put her writing skills and her fascination with fantasy into her writing for young adults 9 - 12 years + She was selected to workshop with well-known Fantasy author Louise Cusack to complete her first YA Fantasy novel, 'Perdita's Parallel Universe' - 'Reflections'. 'Jaxon and the Wizard's Duel' is the second book in the series. Joan Harcourt-Turner is a trained teacher for young children, and has journalistic qualificati...