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Trudi Canavan was born on October 23, 1969. She is an Australian writer of fantasy novels. In 1995 Canavan started The Telltale Art, a freelance business specialising on graphical design services. In that same year she began working for Aurealis, a magazine of Australian Fantasy and Science Fiction. In 1999, Canavan's writing career took off when she won the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Short Story with Whispers of the Mist Children. In 2001, she further established herself with The Magicians' Guild, centring around Sonea, a slum child who is hunted for her rogue magic. The novel was the first of three books of The Black Magician Trilogy. It brought her wide acclaim. The second book of the trilogy is The Novice and the third book is The High Lord, which was nominated for the Best Novel Ditmar category. Canavan's also penned her second trilogy , Age of the Five and a third trilogy The Traitor Spy Trilogy. In 2015 her title Thief's Magic won a Ditmar Award in the Best Novel category. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Magicians' Guild… (more)
The Magicians' Guild 4,996 copies, 102 reviews
The Novice (Author) 3,929 copies, 63 reviews
The High Lord 3,772 copies, 66 reviews
Priestess of the White 2,030 copies, 23 reviews
Last of the Wilds 1,556 copies, 16 reviews
The Magician's Apprentice 1,496 copies, 46 reviews
Voice of the Gods 1,378 copies, 15 reviews
The Ambassador's Mission 1,226 copies, 31 reviews
The Rogue 852 copies, 23 reviews
Thief's Magic 643 copies, 23 reviews
The Traitor Queen 635 copies, 18 reviews
Angel of Storms 282 copies, 5 reviews
Successor's Promise 187 copies, 3 reviews
The Black Magician Trilogy 80 copies, 2 reviews
Maker's Curse 70 copies
Salt of the Earth 14 copies, 4 reviews
Fearsome Journeys (Contributor) 103 copies, 1 review
Doctor Who: Time Trips (Contributor) 71 copies, 3 reviews
Legends of Australian Fantasy (Contributor) 55 copies, 1 review
Forever Shores (Contributor) 20 copies
Grimdark Magazine Issue #19 (Contributor) 2 copies
In Fabula-divino (Contributor) 1 copy

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