Category: Fantasy/Science Fiction

Lifespan: (1965 - Present)

Interesting & Unique Facts: Haydon began writing in the fourth grade. She took writing courses in college, but didn't believe she would be able to make a living from it. In 1999, her first novel Rhapsody: Child of Blood was released to great acclaim and sales.

Haydon also started a children's book series.

Author's work in order (with publication dates):

The Symphony of Ages

• Rhapsody: Child of Blood (1999)
• Prophecy: Child of Earth (2000)
• Destiny: Child of the Sky (2001)
• Requiem for the Sun (2002)
• Elegy for a Lost Star (2004)
• The Assassin King (2006)

The Lost Journal of Ven Polypheme

• The Floating Island (2006)
• The Thief Queen's Daughter (2007)
• The Dragon Lair (2008)
• The Tree of Water (forthcoming)
  

Short Stories

• Threshold (2003)
• The Merrow (2004)
  

Essays

• The Symphony of Ages (2003)