Dr. Karen Hughes, author of the Kalika Magic series, draws on a fascinating background to create her richly imagined fantasy worlds. Her childhood, spent on a 6000-acre wheat and cattle station on the Liverpool Plains, instilled a deep love for the Australian landscape and a strong connection to nature, which is reflected in the vivid imagery and natural settings that permeate her writing. Growing up, she spent her days climbing trees, building cubby houses beside the creek, and immersing herself in the enchanting literary worlds of Narnia, Middle Earth and Earthsea, a formative influence that sparked her passion for myth and magic ...