Trudi Canavan
Trudi Canavan
Trudi Canavanis an Australian writer of fantasy novels, best known for her best-selling fantasy trilogies The Black Magician trilogy and Age of the Five. While establishing her writing career she worked as a graphic designer. She completed her third trilogy, The Traitor Spy trilogy, in August 2012 with The Traitor Queen. After this Canavan will be writing a new trilogy on a completely new world called Millennium’s Rule and will consist of multiple worlds which characters can cross between...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth23 October 1969
CountryAustralia
Wisdom and knowledge is everywhere, but so is stupity.
Mortals did not need gods to order them to kill eachother. They were quite capable of finding reasons to do so themselves.
Great. She shook her head. Not only am I having conversations with myself, but now I'm refusing to talk to me. This has got to be the first sign of madness.
It was impossible to imagine the aloof, dignified, powerful High Lord living as, of all things, a slave.
Tayend nodded. “I know it won’t. I admit I was worried about you, but you are still your old self, underneath.” Dannyl straightened in protest. “Underneath what?” The Elyne stood up, waving one hand in Dannyl’s direction. “All…that.” “I’m reeling at your descriptive clarity,” Dannyl told him.
Akkarin: I watched the first woman I loved die. I dont think I can survive losing the second. Sonea: I love you too.
There's always a bit of truth in each rumour, the trouble is finding out which bit. - Tayend
I have always been fascinated by the supernatural elements in stories, whether fairy tales, myths, film or literature.
I still recommend reading travel guides as an insight to a travellers perspective on fantasy worlds. Nearly all characters end up travelling at some point, and they have many of the same needs and concerns covered in travel guides.
I wound up studying art and design, got a job at Lonely Planet Publications as a designer, cartographer and illustrator.
Inspiration comes from so many sources. Music, other fiction, the non-fiction I read, TV shows, films, news reports, people I know, stories I hear, misheard words or lyrics, dreams
Nodding, Cery strode to the door and stepped through. Though the burly guards eyes him suspiciously, Cery smiled back. Never make enemies of someone's lackeys, his father had taught him. Better still, make them like you a lot.
I still recommend reading travel guides as an insight to a traveller's perspective on fantasy worlds. Nearly all characters end up travelling at some point, and they have many of the same needs and concerns covered in travel guides.
'The Black Magician Trilogy' was about a conflict between countries and was very limited and almost claustrophobic in its range of settings, while 'The Age of the Five' was about a conflict between continents.