About the author

Margaret R Blake

<p>Having done all the usual stuff &#8211; school, marriage, kids &#8211; Margaret moved to Tiaro, Queensland from Tasmania. She&#8217;s currently retired and spends a lot of her time writing, reading and talking to herself. She has published several books - children&#8217;s fantasy, YA and adult fiction, along with the castle chronicles for Victory Village at Riverbend.</p>&#13; &#13; <p><em>The Ring of Curses</em>&#160;&#8211; her first book in her&#160;<em>Merlin&#8217;s School for Ordinary Children</em>&#160;fantasy series for 9 years and upwards - was nominated for the Ditmar awards, and in 2014 and 2015 Margaret was a featured author in The Premier&#8217;s Reading Challenge, Tasmania. She was a literary adjudicator with the 2016 Maryborough Eisteddfod in Queensland.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>She continues to write and has just published the third book in the Merlin's School series in ebook format, with print soon to come.</p>