Trudi Canavan
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| Trudi Canavan | |
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| Born | 23 October 1969 |
| Occupation | Writer/Graphic designer |
Trudi Canavan (born 23 October 1969) is an Australian writer of fantasy novels; she is also a graphic designer, although this is limited to occasional illustration work since her writing career took off.
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[edit] Books
[edit] The Black Magician trilogy
The Black Magician trilogy mainly take place in the fictional land of Kyralia, and focus on The Magicians' Guild in Imardin, Kyralia's capital city.
A sequel and a prequel are planned. The prequel, entitled The Magician's Apprentice, deals with the Sachakan war and is probably released at the end of 2008[1]. The sequel, a three book series, deals with the aftermath of the Black Magician Trilogy and the first book will probably be released at the end of 2008[1].
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The Magicians' Guild | 2001 (Australia) 5 February 2004 (UK) |
ISBN 1-904233-66-X (UK hardback) ISBN 1-84149-313-9 (UK paperback) |
| Each year, the streets of Imardin are purged of the poor and homeless by the powerful Magicians' Guild, and each year, gangs of local youths protest and resist, usually without effect. But this year, one such youth manages to injure one of the magicians, revealing herself to magically gifted. What follows is the hunt for the rogue magician Sonea, who believes the guild will kill her if they find her, while the guild are far more concerned with the damage she could do to herself and others if not found in time. | |||
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The Novice | 2002 (Australia) 1 June 2004 (UK) |
ISBN 1-904233-67-8 (UK hardback) ISBN 1-84149-314-7 (UK paperback) |
| Following the hearing, Sonea has been accepted into the Magicians' Guild where she has begun learning magic alongside the summer's intake of wealthy new novices from the Kyralian and foreign aristocracy. Marked by her slum dwell upbringing, Sonea encounters extreme prejudice from many of her new classmates and endures severe bullying at the hands of the popular young novice Regin, even as she struggles to protect the deadly secret she knows about the High Lord Akkarin's black magic. But one day, her world is turned upside down as Akkarin learns of her secret, and draws her into a web of lies and black magic. | |||
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The High Lord | 2003 (Australia) 4 November 2004 (UK) |
ISBN 1-904233-68-6 (UK hardback) ISBN 1-84149-315-5 (UK paperback) |
| In the Magicians' Guild, Sonea has earned the respect of most other novices, however Regin ignores her. But she has witnessed something in High Lord Akkarin's hidden underground place. A stranger offers to assist Cery, he knows he should shouldn't accept this type of help. Akkarin reveals more of what he knows, but Sonea is not sure who to believe, or fear. | |||
[edit] Age of the Five
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Priestess of the White | November 2005 (Australia) 2 February 2006 (UK) |
ISBN 1-84149-386-4 (UK hardback) ISBN 1-84149-515-8 (UK Paperback) |
| Her heroism saved a village from destruction; now Auraya has been named Priestess of the White, an avatar of the Pantheon of the Five Circlian Gods. The limits of her unique talents must be tested in order to prove her worthy of the honor and grave responsibility awarded to her. But a perilous road lies ahead, fraught with pitfalls that will challenge the newest servant of the gods. An enduring friendship with a Dreamweaver – a member of an ancient outcast sect of sorcerer-healers – could destroy Auraya's future. And her destiny has set her in conflict with a powerful and mysterious, black-clad Pentadrian sorcerer with but a single purpose: the total annihilation of the White. And he is not alone . . . | |||
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Last of the Wilds | April 2006 (Australia) 1 August 2006 (UK) 18 January 2007 (UK) |
ISBN 0-06-081591-4 ISBN 1-84149-387-2 (UK hardback) ISBN 1-84149-516-6 (UK paperback) |
| After pitched battle, The White – the avatars of the Five Gods – have briefly turned back the vicious invaders. And now, the priestess Auraya is sent on an urgent mission to reconcile with the powerful, outcast Dreamweavers, for their magical healing abilities may be the key to saving the land. But as a deadly plague devastates their allies and old adversaries resurface, a dreadful surprise may ruin the chance for peace. For Auraya's terrible discovery will force her into a desperate choice – one whose consequences will change the world forever. | |||
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Voice of the Gods | November 2006 (Australia) 1 July 2007 (UK) |
ISBN 0-7322-7871-6 ISBN 1-84149-388-0 (UK hardback) |
| As protector of the Siyee, Auraya is sent to investigate a stranger sighted on their lands. She develops a rapport with the mysterious woman, who claims to be a close friend of Mirar, the founder of the Dreamweavers – but the secret she divulges sets Auraya on a dangerous path of conflict with the gods.
Meanwhile, the Pentadrians, regaining strength under a new leader, plot and scheme for any means to bring down their enemies – not anticipating that the White will send the Siyee against them. It seems that the consequences for all sides will be disastrous. Mirar now has a respected place amongst his people, so the stakes are very high when his fragile friendship with Auraya may prove to be the very cause of her destruction. |
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[edit] MORE KYRALIA BOOKS
The Magician’s Apprentice
(Prequel to the Black Magician Trilogy)
Kyralia is home to many magicians and their apprentices. Tessia dreams only of following in her father's footsteps, but women do not become Healers and all she can hope for is to become an assistant. When her father is visiting their town’s Magician, Tessia is cornered by a visiting Sachakan magician who assumes he can treat Kyralian servants like the women slaves of his homeland. In fighting him off, she manifests a natural magical ability.
Tessia must become an apprentice magician or she will be exiled to protect the village from her uncontrolled powers. As she learns, Sachakan magicians intent on reclaiming the lands their empire once ruled make increasingly vicious attacks on Kyralian and Elyne villages, and Tessia finds both her skills as a magician and healer are in demand. And as the Magicians of Kyralia come together to defend their land, all wonder how they can possibly win a war against the powerful and ancient Sachakan Empire. The Traitor Spy Trilogy (Sequel to the Black Magician Trilogy)
Book 1: The Ambassadors’ Mission Book 2: The Rogue Book 3: The Traitor Queen
Sonea is horrified when her son, a year past graduation, volunteers to join a group of Guild Ambassadors traveling to Sachaka. When word comes that he has gone missing she is desperate to search for him, but she cannot leave without breaking the law that prevents black magicians from leaving Imardin.
When Cery comes to her for help after most of his family has been murdered, she learns that the Thieves have been waging a deadly underworld war for several years. Suspicious deaths have the Guild worrying that rogue magicians may be involved.
Gillia, a novice from the servant class, is mostly ignored in the wars between low and high class novices. She and her best friend are more interested in hidden knowledge. When her friend finds books on black magic they both can’t resist experimenting.
And Lorkin, Sonea and Akkarin’s son, learns that the black magicians of Sachaka are not the only dangerous and secretive power within that ancient and wasted land.
[edit] Awards
- Canavan's artwork in Aurealis and Eidolon – Australian science fiction and fantasy magazines – was nominated for a Ditmar Award for "Best Professional Artwork" in 1996.
- "Whispers of the Mist Children" won an Aurealis Award for "Best Fantasy Short Story" of 1999.
- The Novice was shortlisted for an Aurealis Award for "Best Fantasy Novel" of 2002.
- At the 2003 Ditmars, Canavan won the "Best Short Story" award with "Room for Improvement", published in Foreign Shores; The High Lord was nominated for "Best Novel" and her cover for Fables & Reflections 5 was nominated for the "Best Professional Artwork" award.
