KOT BOOKS is dedicated to promoting and distributing books in the King of the Trees Christian fantasy series by William D. Burt, former assistant professor at Western Oregon University.  Designed for readers of all ages, this full-length series of 8-10 titles follows in the time-honored fantasy tradition of C.S. Lewis, well-known British author of The Chronicles of Narnia.  The first three titles in this series, The King of the Trees (1998), Torsils in Time (2001) and The Golden Wood (2002), are now available through our website's secure server, by mail order and at selected Christian bookstores. 

About the author:  (Click here for the author's photo)

A Welsh-American whose forefathers mined copper in Cardiganshire, William Burt spent nearly 30 years in the field of deafness as a nationally-certified American Sign Language interpreter, interpreter educator, grant-writer and program coordinator before writing The King of the Trees and its sequels. His ancestral language appears in the King of the Trees series as Llwcymraeg, the language of the fantasy world of Llwcymru (Lucambra). The author has also served in Slavic ministries, both at home and abroad. Currently, he lives in Hubbard, Oregon with his wife, Johnnie, and two children, Rebecca and Evan. 

About the illustrators: 

Terri L. Lahr is a computer-aided drafter/designer at Breshears-Thornton Engineering in Aurora, Oregon.  In her spare time, she also teaches community art classes, specializing in watercolor. She makes her home in Mulino, Oregon with her husband, Robert and two children, Torin and Briel. 

The author's daughter, Rebecca Burt was one of twenty-seven Oregon seniors nominated by high-school principals for the Statesman Journal's prestigious Academic All-Stars award for 2002. Having graduated as valedictorian from Willamette Valley Christian School, Rebecca is currently enrolled at George Fox University, majoring in education/music. She enjoys drawing, painting, reading and playing the piano.