Daisy BourneDaisy Bourne was born in 1917. She was unofficially adopted by a farmer and his wife, and her name was changed when she was very young. I am very proud to use my mother's birth name as a pseudonym when writing the Tales of Avalon series. Later in lif, my mum again took up the rural lifestyle she had known as a child. As a child, I too enjoyed spending time in the fields with our cows, pigs, goats, and chicken. That's me in the photo, at around 1955, sitting on a cow's back. One of Mum's talents was to read tea leaves and playing cards. People often used to knock at the door and ask for a reading. We used to be fascinated by the way she articulated what she saw in the cards and the teacups. Mum's seventh child was a girl whom she named Helen Joyce (we know her as Joy). Joy inherited some of Mum's talents and is an internationally known clairvoyant and tarot card reader. In this second book in the Tales of Avalon series, I introduce Helen-Joy, the soothsayer, and yes, this character is based on my little sister. Read More Read Less