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Hetty Crane

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Fantasy, Romance

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Hetty worked many years in a bookstore in Canada, and most of her wages went on acquiring as many books as possible. She has a background in English Literature and Fine Art and loves tales of adventure and magic. She has co-authored four books with P.J. Merchant, and they are working on a fifth book, to be released in 20whenever.

In the meantime Hetty is working on a solo venture, a spin off story set in the Taihandrian universe, aiming to release in November 2025

She lives with her husband and three cats in a small Canadian city where winter never ends, thus affording her ample time for dreaming up stories.

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	Daram (Tales from Taihandria #1) by Hetty Crane (Goodreads Author), P.J. Merchant (Goodreads Author) 4.56 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Varashti (Tales from Taihandria #2) by Hetty Crane (Goodreads Author), P.J. Merchant (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dejhan (Tales from Taihandria #4) by Hetty Crane (Goodreads Author), P.J. Merchant (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anostarja (Tales from Taihandria #3) by Hetty Crane (Goodreads Author), P.J. Merchant (Goodreads Author) 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daram: Volume 1 (Tales from Taihandria) by Hetty Crane (2015-11-29) by Hetty Crane (Goodreads Author), P.J. Merchant (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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When my writing partner and I had finished our first book, Daram, we were excited about publishing it ourselves. We had got two rejections from traditional publishers and two rejections from agents: none of these rejections surprised us. Our book was too long and unwieldy and did not fit any one specific market. Was it fantasy or science fiction? Why had we written a first book that was over six h

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