Carol Giordano
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Juliet Marillier:
Juliet, both your series of Blackthorn and Grim, plus the Warrior Bard series are just great stories. I really feel that a good map is essential to both of these sets of books and reader's enjoyment. Why is there no map in the Blackthorn and Grim and 3 Warrior Bard novels books?
Juliet Marillier
Hi Carol,
In hindsight, yes, it would have been useful to include a map for those two series. Geographically they are set in the north of Ireland, where the territories named (Kingdom of Breifne, Dalriada etc) were real places back in earlier times. I did take some liberties with the geography for purposes of better storytelling! One is that Inis Eala is not a real place. Because those books are already published, the only way a map could be added now would be for some kind of special edition, and I don't see the publishers doing that, sadly.
I hope I might get a map included for the new series (first instalment coming out in 2025.) But can't promise.
In hindsight, yes, it would have been useful to include a map for those two series. Geographically they are set in the north of Ireland, where the territories named (Kingdom of Breifne, Dalriada etc) were real places back in earlier times. I did take some liberties with the geography for purposes of better storytelling! One is that Inis Eala is not a real place. Because those books are already published, the only way a map could be added now would be for some kind of special edition, and I don't see the publishers doing that, sadly.
I hope I might get a map included for the new series (first instalment coming out in 2025.) But can't promise.
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A Goodreads user
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Juliet Marillier:
Dear Juliet: how many years did it take you to write and publish 17 historical fantasy novels? Bravo on such an amazing accomplishment!!
Elisha
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Juliet Marillier:
Hi Ms. Marillier. Thank you so much for these books first of all. I've been a fan since Daughter of the Forest first came out. I was wondering two things. 1) Will the audiobook, Beautiful, be available as an ebook at some point? 2) Is there a map for the Blackthorn & Grim/Warrior Bards?
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