William Chancellor
AUTHOR
American born William Chancellor’s passion for language led him to study English, English as a Foreign Language and German Linguistics, concentrating on Dialectology. Not satisfied with just learning Germanic dialects from afar, he moved to Switzerland where he could study the Middle High German dialect forms of that country and absorb the culture first hand.
The bucolic village life in the Highlands of Zurich in the late 1970s gave rise to the fantasy world of Palanshia. Chancellor’s love for geography and history inspired him to begin his epic story through maps long before any characters were born.
A dedicated plantsman, he also made sketches of fantastic flora, and also fauna, from Palanshia, leading him to develop over thirty Unusual Form Daylilies inspired by the Summerbird Orchids of his books.
Husband of one, father of four, and grandfather of two, he combines all his interests in the magnificent saga of Palanshia.
VANESSA ARDEN KING
ILLUSTRATOR
ITALY – Swiss-born American-Italian, Vanessa grew up in the countryside of the Piedmont Region of Italy. Graduating in art from Alfieri High School in Asti, she continued her artistic training as an illustrator at the Scuola Internazionale di Comics – Torino. Her extensive travels and multicultural upbringing add to the exquisite quality of her versatile style.
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SPECIAL THANKS
Shelia Chancellor
CHIEF EDITOR
Julia Keeling
EDITOR
Anna Zumbrunnen
EDITOR
Verena Unsin
CONTRIBUTOR