Elizabeth Haydon first began writing in the fourth grade. Writing a
play was one option in a history assignment so, along with a couple
of friends, she put on a fairly awful play she had written which
was called The Clue in the Diary. Writing fiction became a dream at
that point. She took courses in college, but didn't believe she
would be able to make a living from it.
She had read C.S. Lewis as a young child, J.R.R. Tolkien as an
older one, and some fantasy in college, but had lost touch with the
field after that. She was working in educational publishing in 1994
when she met up with an editorial friend and mentor in New Orleans
at the American Library Association conference. He asked her to
write for him a fantasy that might cross over to other genres and
contain some of their shared mutual interests: medieval music,
history, anthropology, and herbalism among others. Since they had
been drinking Dixie Blackened Voodoos, she was initially hesitant
to take on the project, worried that he might have been a bit tipsy
when he suggested it. But when it became clear he really wanted her
to do it, "The Symphony of Ages" was born.
These novels have made numerous "Best of the Year" as well as
national bestseller lists. The "Romantic Times" called it "an epic
saga worthy of Eddings, Goodkind & Jordan." A harpist and madrigal
singer, Elizabeth Haydon lives on the East Coast with her husband
and three children, where she is writing fantasy novels for both
"The Symphony of Ages" for adults and the "Adventures of Ven
Polypheme" for children.
"The superlative Haydon elevates craftsmanship to a new level of excellence as she deftly weaves mythology into high fantasy, catching our hearts with the extraordinary power and intensity of both characters and concepts. This series already has 'landmark' written all over it."--"Romantic Times "Gold Medal Review
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