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Author of the Month (October)

Lari Don

Lari  visited St Matthew’s a few years ago to give a talk on her books and was fantastic. Mrs McPhee has been lucky enough to hear Lari on a number of occasions too.

Lari lives in Edinburgh and is a fulltime author. She often refers to her upbringing in the north east of Scotland as being an inspiration for her adventure novels.

Lari’s first adventure series of books was the Fabled Beasts Chronicles. 

When Yann the injured centaur clip clops into Helen’s life she decides to help him even though she’s not exactly a vet. But that’s just the beginning … Helen’s first aid kit comes in very handy when she meets Yann’s friends — a gang of fabled beasts with a habit of getting into trouble. Together they must solve riddles, fight fauns and defeat the dangerous Master of the Maze before midwinter and the end of the world. First Aid for Fairies and other Fabled Beasts is the first book in the bestselling Fabled Beast Chronicles, an exciting four-book adventure series starring creatures from myth and legend.

The Spellchaser’s  is Lari’s 2nd adventure series.

Curses aren’t real. Magic is only in stories. So Molly Drummond definitely can’t be magically cursed. Can she?When Molly finds herself in a curse-lifting workshop with four magical classmates — a kelpie, a dryad, a sphinx and a toad — she’s determined not to believe in it.

But it’s true that whenever a dog barks, Molly suddenly becomes a small and very fast hare…

Molly and her friends set off on a quest to lift their curses — solving riddles, facing an ancient snake and battling curse-hatched armies.

Can they find the Promise Keeper, who controls all curses, before their magical world spins out of control?

Lari has also written The Rocking Horse, an adventure story and Mind Blind, a thriller for teens as well as numerous books for younger children.

More information on Lari can be found on her website by clicking here