Why would Australian teenagers be interested in reading about medieval England?
Times and societies change, but human nature doesn’t. My medieval characters follow the same journey to adulthood that teenagers do today; they do this by challenging themselves, and learning stuff – about themselves, about other people, about the world. As they gain knowledge, so they empower themselves and find out who they truly are inside, and how they want to live their lives. And sure, they make mistakes along the way, they do stupid things, exciting things, dangerous things – but they learn and so they grow. I hope readers will identify with those characters and question themselves as to how they might act in similar circumstances. I also hope they’ll get caught up in the excitement of a good, page-turning read! An added bonus: they’ll learn a lot about medieval time (in the Janna Mysteries) and about myths and legends (in the Shalott trilogy).
