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Dear Fiona Is the world you created your series on losely based on Medieval United Kingdom ? Because while reading it the Mountain men remind me of Scottish clans, and Morgravia reminds me of England although their is a slight mediterranean fill to Briavel. Has anyone noticed this apart from me ?

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Both Trinity and The Quickening are based very firmly on medieval Britain, although only loosely. The scenery is definitely European shall we say although it never occurred to me that the people of the Razors were anything like the Scottish clans, although now you mention it I guess they could be. Because I'm originally from the UK and thus my soul has a very green tinge to it that enjoys overcast days, cool weather, lemonade on the lawn type thing I can't help but take my writing into that comfort zone that has been with me since birth. It doesn't matter that I've spent more years in Australia than UK, the fact is I am still very English in my outlook. This is one of the reasons I deliberately forced myself to leave the comfort zone and write Percheron with a far more exotic setting and alien landscapes to medieval England such as the desert we get to know more intimately in book 2. But, I shall be roaring back to the zone for series 4! Thanks for noticing.....F

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Living in the London my self, although my family come from orginate from Cyprus I understand your comfort. I must admit I never read Trinty and am not sure it is released in the UK, I will have to find out, if it is I will definitely get it. 

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My closest friend hails from Cyprus! Trinity doesn't release in the UK until August this year but the good news is that Betrayal is August, Revenge is September and Destiny is October so there is no long wait between reads. Odalisque comes out either very end of the year or early 2007 in Britain. I'm coming to London later this year (fingers crossed) to do a couple of signings so I'll let you know where and when - perhaps you can make it. It will be great to say hello in person. F

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Thanks alots if you did visit London for a book signing session, I would do my utmost effort to visit. Nice to hear your best friend is from Cyprus, My uncle has a sister who lives in Melbourne, they visited last year. There is a large Cyprus community in Australia. 

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if I dare throw the Cypriots in with the Greek community, I think I'm right in saying that Australia and especially Melbourne has the largest Greek/Cypriot gang outsdie of Athens!

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Yes thats true but my family are Turkish Cypriots and there is quite a large Turkish community as well

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Aha, well, I adore Turkey - have you explored where your family hails from?

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Yes !  My Dad was actual born in a village called Akcinclar, which is actual on the border serpating the North and South of Cyprus know (we visited it but it is abandoned and only a few people live there)  Most of my Dads family came to England in the 1960 together, so all my aunts and uncles live in London. My Grandfather on my mums side came to England in the 1950s, and arranged for my Grandmother to come to london to marry him, His village is know on the south side (we visited it last year but I do not know how to spell it) My grandmother funnily enough comes from the same village as my fathers.  So my Mum and all my aunts were born in London. Wow sorry for the lecture but that is where my family hails from. I am happy to be living in the UK and i do not think i could go and live in Cyprus as all my family and friends are mostly in London. You must of been brave to migrate to Australia, I respect that bravely (my family had it as well coming from a small village to a big city like london is no small feat). 

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My parents were born in southern India. Both had English fathers and I think my maternal grandmmother was Anglo Indian whereas my paternal one was full blooded Indian, who spoke Tamil and came from a tiny village. My parents, like your people, migrated to the UK in the late 50. My brother was born in Bangalore but arrived in Britain as an 11-month old. I was born in sunny Brighton on the south coast of England. We've all been back a couple of times. And I'd like to take my sons one day to see where there grandparents were raised, schooled, married and so on. We'll wait for them to be a little older and able to cope with some of the sights of India. ...and now I live in Australia as you say. I'm a gypsy I think - I spent my childhood in Africa and most of my live has been spent in South Australia but I feel very English because that's where my roots are. However, I support the Aussies in everything....especially cricket, soccer, rugby, er....you name it, I wear green and gold for it!

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Recently my father became interested in our family tree and my grandparents generation have a tradition of oral history. So he sat down with them and wrote up a family tree. Then when we went to cyprus and found some old paper work (which is rear as Turkish Cypriots do not have a habit of recording details historically, but this is changing now) he found that in our family we had a great great grand father known as 'The Arab". In the Ottoman times no matter what your ethnicity if you was Muslim you could get married with no problems. So we have Arab blood running in our veins. Also my father village was famous for its people who could speak Greek and Turkish. My Grandparents actually spoke better Greek then Turkish when they come to England. Know they can speak good turkish, although my father talents have helped him learn Italian. So my father can speak Turkish, Greek, English and Italian. My generation have not taken on this great talent unfortunately. 

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