Here is an author who I met when I was a child. I began corresponding with him.
Good things come from it, they really do.
All Miss Holly's journeys have innocent beginnings, such as when she crosses the world to return an ancient library book or wants to attend the Grand Duchess of Drackenberg's diamond jubilee celebration. Professor Brinton Garrett is by her side, ready to be dragged through jungles and prisons for her sake. Lloyd Alexander's elegant writing style, imaginative lands, and fast moving plots impressed me. The Prydain Chronicles have inspired a spirit of courage and honor in all who have read them. With only a background in assistant pig keeping, our main character, Taran, is unexpectedly flung into a series of adventures that continue through these five stimulating novels.