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 Suzanne Francis believes the genesis for her inventive Song of the Arkafina series lies in her chronic travel sickness as a child and young adult. While growing up in England and on the Continent, she happily participated in many family and school trips, though riding in the back seat of a car often left her suffering from nausea for hours on end. To help pass the time, she began telling herself stories, serialized over many days and weeks, often featuring the landscapes through which she was traveling. These imaginary adventures, along with a life-long love of reading good books (but only when sitting still) sparked her interest in writing.
After earning her BA in Geography, Suzanne worked for several years as an urban planner in the USA, before retiring to have children. A series of part-time jobs followed, everything from migrant farm worker to dishwasher, retail manager to massage therapist. Her appetite for voyaging has taken her to such far-flung places as the Cook Islands, Mexico, across the deserts and Deep South of America and on many adventures through the capitals of Europe. She has drawn on these life experiences to amplify and embellish the unique characters and settings of her novels.
In addition to writing, her passions include neo-paganism and playing a perversely difficult musical instrument called the hurdy-gurdy.
She is a member of the Troth, and the Otago Writer's Guild.
Presently, Suzanne lives in rural Dunedin, New Zealand with her husband Michael and four children.
TITLES AVAILABLE:
The Song of the Arkafina series
- Heart of Hythea
The immortal Amaranthine callously exploit the people of Yrth, until one extraordinary young woman strives to teach them the true meaning of courage and love.
- Ketha's Daughter
With a wrathful goddess inside her, an army of Northmen behind her and a killer sword in her hand, Gwenn Faircrow has everything -- except freedom.
- Dawnmaid
She hasn’t even seen her first sunrise, yet the Dawnmaid faces certain annihilation -- unless her mother can find a safe haven from Maggrai’s murderous wrath.
Suzanne Francis keeps her blog at www.suzannefrancis.com
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