Trudi Canavan lives in Melbourne, Australia. She has been making up stories about things that don’t exist for as long as she can remember, and was amazed when her first published story received an Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Short Story in 1999. She has since published the bestselling Black Magician Trilogy: The Magicians’ Guild, The Novice and The High Lord, and is now a bestselling author in the UK and the US.

For more information about Trudi and her writing go to www.trudicanavan.com