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Trudi Canavan


Born
in Kew, Melbourne, Australia
October 23, 1969

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Trudi Canavan was born in Kew, Melbourne, and grew up in Ferntree Gully, a suburb at the foothills of the Dandenongs.

In 1999 she won the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Short Story with “Whispers of the Mist Children”. In the same year she was granted a writers residency at Varuna Writers’ Centre in Katoomba, New South Wales.

In November 2001, The Magicians’ Guild was first published in Australia. The second book of the trilogy, The Novice, was published in June 2002 and was nominated for the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel. The third book The High Lord was released in January 2003 and was nominated for the Best Novel Ditmar category. All three books entered Australian top ten SF bestseller lists.

The Black Magician Trilogy reached the
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Well, Hello There!

For the first time in ages since the postie brought me a parcel (which was in quite a state with lots of rips held together with tape) of books. I was enchanted to find this bundle of green awaiting me inside.

This is a new French edition, of the whole Black Magician Trilogy. So green and lush and whispy. And though you can’t see it in the photo, it’s satisfyingly chonky. Reminds me of bundled ser

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The Magicians' Guild (The B...

3.95 avg rating — 89,504 ratings — published 2001 — 106 editions
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The High Lord (The Black Ma...

4.15 avg rating — 63,011 ratings — published 2002 — 115 editions
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The Novice (The Black Magic...

4.08 avg rating — 63,772 ratings — published 2002 — 99 editions
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3.98 avg rating — 25,858 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions
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The Ambassador's Mission (T...

3.93 avg rating — 22,313 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
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The Rogue (Traitor Spy Tril...

4.04 avg rating — 17,841 ratings — published 2011 — 68 editions
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Priestess of the White (Age...

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“Happy endings are a luxury of fiction.”
Trudi Canavan, Priestess of the White

“So what were you [Sonea] and Dorrien discussing before?' Akkarin asked.
She turned to regard him. 'Discussing?'
'Outside the farmhouse when I was buying the food.'
'Oh. Then. Nothing.'
He smiled and nodded. 'Nothing. Amazing subject, that one. Produces such fascinating reactions in people.”
Trudi Canavan, The High Lord

“Akkarin: I watched the first woman I loved die. I dont think I can survive losing the second.
Sonea: I love you too.”
Trudi Canavan, The High Lord
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Polls

December and January Reads - Since we don't have a selection yet for December read, this poll will have TWO winners! The book with the highest number of votes will be the December read, and the book with the second highest number of votes will be the January read. (If there is a two-way tie, both books will get a month).

 
  36 votes, 29.3%

 
  19 votes, 15.4%

 
  16 votes, 13.0%

 
  14 votes, 11.4%

 
  9 votes, 7.3%

 
  7 votes, 5.7%

 
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  6 votes, 4.9%

 
  6 votes, 4.9%

 
  2 votes, 1.6%

 
  1 vote, 0.8%

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