Christine asked Freda Warrington:

Hi Freda! I absolutely LOVE the Aetherial Tales. Thank you for writing such beautiful and absorbing books. I was wondering what inspired you to write about faerie realms? Thanks!

Freda Warrington Hi Christine, thank you for your question! So pleased to hear you loved the books. I've always been interested in creatures who seem human but aren't... like elves, vampires, angels and so on. So I wanted to write about a non-human race of my own, who were somewhat elf-like, but not! My Aetherials or Aelyr had already made an appearance in 'The Jewelfire Trilogy' (The Amber Citadel and its sequels). I decided that, rather than invent yet another similar race, my non-humans in the Elfland series would also be Aelyr, but this time in a contemporary setting. I think the idea of an 'otherworld' parallel to our own is very compelling.

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