"My education in fantasy writing comes from an M.A. from McMaster University, Canada, with a thesis specialty in the fairy tale. As an artist, I have had formal training from Sheridan School of Fine Arts, and have operated my own fine art business for more than twenty-five years."
NANCY GUILD BENDALL writes and paints from her studio at the edge of a small village near Toronto Canada, looking all the while for fairies at the top of the garden. Nethermost Regained
A coming of age tale wrapped up in a fantasy Somewhere deep beneath the massive root system of our northern Canadian forest lies the continent of Nethermost, floating on a pool of liquid gold — Nethermost, an underground realm, home to magical & non-magical folk, a prosperous society with a consistently temperate climate, secreted on Earth’s second layer under unexplored wilderness — until four decades ago.
Now it is a realm brought to its knees, many citizens in exile, its climate in ruins. Eighteen year old Cait O’Quinn knows nothing of the continent of Nethermost, let alone of its grim plight. Raised in virtual captivity at the edge of nowhere Canada, she is self-deprecating and unsure. After being convinced that the fate of Nethermost rests on her uneasy shoulders, Cait's panic is palpable — "I’m just a stupid girl of little significance, leading a very dull life on a very small bump in the road. What do you want from me?" [MORE] The Life and Times of Ned Clery
in a nutshell.... "Why would a Rhyll want to be friends with an ordinary boy like me?"
This question refrains every time Ned Clery remembers that first encounter with the strangely shaped clump one full moon night in his vegetable patch. From the instant that it glows green and hums tunefully in response to his innocent questions, Ned is caught up in a curiosity and daring that begins a series of journeys to mystical realms, to meet a cast of wonderful beings and to solve a puzzle-book full of challenges. With the flawed reasoning of a ten year old, his decision to transplant the Rhyll to a flowerpot begins a chain of missteps that transports him in his greenhouse on an irregular schedule of full moon night adventures. [MORE] |
"Nethermost Regained"
$19 - Regular $24 - Premium For ages 15 and up.
Illustrated with 40 drawings. Published in Regular and Premium editions. Also available as E-Book. 
"The Nights and Times of Ned Clery"
$19 For ages 9 and up.
Illustrated with 13 full colour drawings. Also available as E-Book. |