She lives in Oregon with her husband and two children. By Darkness Hid Jill Williamson 16.86 King's Blood Jill Williamson 26.00 Replication: The Jason Experiment Jill Williamson 4.89 - 6.19 King's War Jill Williamson 17.91 - 36.37 Captives Jill Williamson 5.39 - 9.99 The New Recruit Jill Williamson 7.59 - 14.85 Safe Lands Jill Williamson 4. She loves working with teenagers and gives writing workshops at libraries, schools, camps, and churches. About the Author: Jill Williamson's first novel, By Darkness Hid, won the Christy Award. Toward a destination that is by darkness hid. All the voices strive to learn Achan and Vrell's true identities-and a different kind of voice is calling them both. While Achan learns to use his new ability, Vrell struggles to shut hers down. Her first two novels, By Darkness Hid and To Darkness Fled both won a Christy Award. She grew up in Alaska with no electricity, an outhouse, and a lot of mosquitoes. It is told in dual points of view, chronicling the adventures of Achan Cham, a lowly Stray who dreams of a better life, and Vrell Sparrow, a young noblewoman fleeing from a disastrous match with a despicable prince. Jill Williamson is a dreamer, believer, and author of all things weird. But Vrell feels called to help a young squire who recently discovered his bloodvoicing gift, even if doing so requires her to work with those who could destroy her. By Darkness Hid is the first in the 'Blood of Kings' trilogy by Jill Williamson. She masquerades as a boy to avoid capture by the powerful forces that seek to exploit her. But his new skills with the sword do not prepare him for the battle raging between the voices in his head. When an enigmatic knight offers to train Achan for the Kingsguard, he readily accepts. He is consigned to the kitchens of a lord and forced to swallow a foul potion every day.

One of the newly ''gifted'' wish it had never come. On the side that still sees the sun, two young people struggle to understand the mind-communication abilities thrust upon them. Half of Er'Rets is locked beneath an impenetrable shroud.

By Darkness Hid by Jill Williamson