Darlene Foster

Darlene Foster is a writer of children’s stories, an employment counsellor, an ESL tutor, a wife, mother and grandmother. She loves travel, reading, shoes, cooking, sewing, music, chocolate, walking on the beach and making new friends. Her grandson calls her “super-mega-woman-supreme”. She was brought up on a ranch near Medicine Hat, Alberta, where she dreamt of traveling the world and meeting interesting people. She lives in Tsawwassen, BC with her husband Paul and their two black cats, Pumpkin and Monkey. Amanda in Arabia – The Perfume Flask is her first published novel.

Website: http://www.darlenefoster.ca
Twitter: @supermegawoman
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LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/darlene-foster/0/941/a28
Blog: http://darlenefoster.wordpress.com

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• Imago Chronicles: Book One, A Warrior's Tale on April 22, 2012
  
  By creating the character of Nyla Treeborn, the author has introduced us to a woman of incredible strength and determination. Nyla is both human and elf and feels she doesn’t belong in either world. After escaping her abusive father, she is determined to become a warrior. She amazes everyone by her dedication, patience and perfection of the act of war. Nyla is the ultimate warrior but is also a woman with feelings, disappointments and a yearning for love. I loved this book, the first in the series, because of Nyla and her ability to succeed against all odds in a man’s world. Ms. Suzuki has skillfully painted a picture of another world, the world of Imago. Her own skill and knowledge in the martial arts is evident as she depicts colourful battles and realistic training scenes. The writing is rich and powerful. Once you read Imago Chronicles: Book one, a Warriors Tale, you will be hooked. It is not surprising that the book is being made into a movie.
  
• Telling Sonny on Oct. 15, 2023
  
  A captivating story following Faby, a young, small-town girl who is fascinated by the Vaudeville acts that come to town once a year. She unwittingly marries one of the performers and travels with him on the circuit. The story is very well written from the point of view of Faby. You can't help but feel for this naive girl as she travels around America with a man she barely knows. I felt like I was travelling with her on the train to their next stop. The descriptions of the towns and landscapes are excellent, I especially enjoyed the description of Atlantic City and the boardwalk and her delight in being there. I loved the characters, especially her French-American family. Her maman, her father and her formidable grandmother, are well-developed and believable. This a book to savour, one that will stick with you for a long time. I highly recommend it.