Lindsey is the youngest of the family-the fifth child-and youngest children like to think they have the most sensitive souls. When one of her older brothers introduced her to the fantasy genre, she was hooked, and has enjoyed it ever since. It was her love of a full, mysterious, majestic world that led her to get an MA in Medieval Welsh history and then a PhD in Ancient History. During her academic career she has written and presented several scholarly papers, but her heart has always been with creative writing: C.S. Lewis is her literary hero because he had a gift of helping readers understan...