Caprice was born in San Diego, California. She attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas. She currently lives in Southern California, sharing a mobile home with her husband, four children, three pet rats, a leopard gecko, three cats, and a dog. Caprice home-schools two of her children and sews wedding gowns and Renaissance costumes in her spare time.
Caprice talks about her writing:
As a child, I enjoyed fairy tales like Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. When I started reading for myself, I loved classics like the Chronicles of Narnia. But when I grew up, the fantasy I found wasn't anything like the kind of fantasy I loved. While Middle Earth was fascinating, I was more interested in people than battles, languages, and surroundings. Modern fantasy was too often of the "sword and sorcery" type, or it contained far too much gratuitous sex and foul language for my taste. And the women protagonists were usually warriors. Why must a woman wield a sword to be worthy of interest?
When I couldn't find the kind of story I wanted to read, I wrote my own: The Duke's Handmaid. Yes, there's a whole new world to explore: Byntar has twin suns and twin moons and two sentient races. But the world is just background to the story, which is really about the characters. The heroine is a peasant girl who never touches a weapon, yet saves the life of the king, queen, and duke through her bravery. There's also a hero, but my "Prince Charming" married the wicked stepmother before he ever met his "Cinderella".
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Milady Caprice,
Landrew Farwood Oakk...I read with great interest the excerpt from your book. It sounds quite good and I really am looking forward to reading the rest.
I am an aspiring fantasy writer and am almost complete with my first book. I am looking forward to the "quest" as I begin shopping it around.
Take care. As the gods will maybe we will meet some day.
At your service,
Landrew Farwood Oakkeeper
Oakkeeper of the Sons of the Wolf
Yeoman to Lord Vandor aboard the Rogue Wave
Crewman aboard the HSI
The Celtic Wanderer
Tayledras Hawkbrother
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