Aunt Jenny and the Delayed Quest

Aunt Jenny and the Delayed Quest is my first novel set in the Halflands. It tells the story of Jennifer Winston, retired nurse, librarian and athletics coach at the prestigious Winston Academy for Girls. She finds herself on an epic journey into the Halflands.

Known to one and all as “Aunt Jenny”, Jennifer is not the sort of person who usually gets caught up in adventures, let alone heroic quests straight out of high fantasy. No, she’s got lots to keep her busy these days: gardening, long walks on the family estate, conquering her prodigious “to be read” pile, tutoring and socializing with “her girls”—the students and faculty at the school. At least that's how it was until May Day, when the package arrived.

How We Got Here…

A few years ago, a friend on Facebook linked to an earlier Tumblr thread that went like this:

December 16, 2015
The Brooding YA Hero  @broodingYAhero  Jul 31
It’s amazing how many prophecies involve teens. You’d think they’d pick more emotionally stable people, with more free time. Like grandmas.
…I would read the hell out of a series of a chosen eighty-five-year-old woman who goes on epic journeys throughout a dangerous and magical land, armed only with a cane and her stab-tastic knitting needles, accompanied by her six cats and a skittish-yet-devoted orderly who makes sure she takes her pills on time.

That evening, the Halflands found their heroine. Aunt Jenny came to me and insisted, rather strenuously, on telling her story. She’s nearly 20 years younger than grandma, has only two cats and a dog, and traveled with a high school senior, not an orderly, but she did bring her knitting.

Where To Get Aunt Jenny?

Aunt Jenny is independently published under the Eldacur Press imprint, and is available in a number of formats: eBooks, paperback and hardcover, and in lieu of an audiobook, read aloud on YouTube video.