Dee studied English at York University, and Illustration at Harrow School of Art. She began her career in magazines, book-jackets, cartoon strips and pop-video storyboards, and started writing for children when her own children were small. In spite of a diet of gummy bears and sherbet fountains her children have insisted on growing up - so her characters have had to grow up with them, and now even they refuse to do what they’re told!
I mean, no... Come on. If you're going to write a huge fantasy epic, don't try to squeeze it info 48 pages. Just write a series. This was so jammed full of characters and places that even my kid stopped me halfway through and said, "that's enough."