[Alia]

Thanks Marky for the suggestion. Catherine Jinks is a fairly newer author. I haven't seen her stuff. Here's some info about her:

http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-jinks-catherine.asp

Catherine Jinks

BIO

Catherine Jinks is a medieval scholar and author of young adult books - a background that is evident in this first of four stories about Pagan Kidrouk. Catherine Jinks's books have garnered numerous awards, including the prestigious Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year. Pagan grew out of a university course Catherine Jinks took about the Crusades, and her fascination with the real Order of the Templar. She was also heavily influenced by British comedies like MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL. She didn't expect, however, that she would end up writing four books about Templar squire Pagan Kidrouk. "He was such a strong character," she explains, "that he sprang into my head fully formed, and wouldn't go away until I'd worked out his entire life span. He's certainly the strongest character I've ever written about. The cutest, too, I think."

Jinks has spent most of her life in Australia, where she lives today with her husband and daughter. She has also resided in Papua New Guinea and Nova Scotia.

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Her books:
PAGAN'S CRUSADE
Book #1

PAGAN IN EXILE
Book #2

PAGAN'S VOWS
Book #3

PAGAN'S SCRIBE
Book #4