Welcome to my Amazon page! I'm an English novelist and short-story writer, living on the Yorkshire coast on a Saxon settlement site a stone's throw from an ancient spring. The locales of the "Torc of Moonlight" trilogy are on my doorstep.History has always fascinated me, especially the day-to-day lives of those who never feature in history's grand recollections. Undertaking the research necessary to breathe life into these long-ago people regularly throws up direct connections to 21st century living that I exploit in my fiction."Torc of Moonlight" is the first of a trilogy of mythic fantasy thrillers set in university cities around the eerie North York Moors. Book 2 "The Bull At The Gate" is set in the modern York, a city whose roots feed on its Viking and Roman history. Book 3 "Pilgrims Of The Pool" follows twin time-lines - contemporary and mediaeval - from the reliquary of Durham Cathedral to the binding of the trilogy's Celtic past.Some of my previous print novels have been relaunched as ebooks. "Hostage of the Heart" explores the role of mediaeval battle hostages and is set on the English-Welsh borders on the cusp of the country's last invasion (1066). "Beneath The Shining Mountains" (originally paperbacked as "A Wife For Winterman") is a story of love and misplaced honour among a First Nation people on the plains of America in the 1830s. Much of the insight for this latter novel came from my years as a re-enactor of the period - yes, in northern England - the Brits are renowned for being eccentric.My short fiction covers a variety of genres, from the expected historical and women's fiction, to horror, literary, crime, SF and fantasy. Kindle ebook "Contribution to Mankind and other stories of the Dark" holds five speculative fiction tales.For many years I've been teaching fiction-writing in various forms, and from this developed the non-fiction "Reading A Writer's Mind: Exploring Short Fiction - First Thought To Finished Story". If you'll forgive the chuckle, it rather does what it says in the title. If you are finding your way into writing, as a hobby or a new career, it can help iron out technical questions.If you wish to be kept up to date, drop by mywebsite http://www.lindaacaster.com to read opening excerpts of all my available fiction, or join my mailing list for an emailed newsletter and occasional freebies. I can also be found on Facebook and Twitter - all the usual places.Thanks for reading this. I hope you'll consider reading some of my work, and enjoy the books as much as others have.