We meet him as a nameless stable boy. His only friend is Catryn, the servant girl, and even she doesn't know who he truly is. He is Dahl, the King of Taun, a once-beautiful land now on the brink of destruction. Hidden on earth since his birth, Dahl knows that the Usurper has stolen his rightful place on the throne of Taun and that he must someday rescue his homeland. But when the time comes, Dahl is plagued by doubt: "Can he do it? Does he have the courage to fight the Usurper? And what about Catryn who, despite his warnings, has slipped through time and space to be with him? This is a fantasy about good and evil, but with a twist.
I'm an award-winning writer of historical and fantasy fiction for children and young adults. Writing has always been a passion of mine, although when I was young I never thought that I could be a published author. I think I believed that all published writers were either dead or English, probably because, although I was born in Canada, I lived in Argentina until I went back for university. It was only after I was married and had children of my own that I got the idea of writing my own stories.
I followed the writer's usual path of rejection slips until I started selling short stories to magazines and school anthologies. It still took another six years until I finally published my first book. I've been writing ever since. You can check out my work at www.karleenbradford.com
During a school visit a young boy once asked me, "How many books are you going to write before you die?"
It's 23 and counting.
