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9 quotes by Trudi Canavan

Trudi Canavan Born (1969-10-23) 23 October 1969 (age 45) Kew, Melbourne, Australia Occupation Author/Graphic designer Trudi Canavan (born 23 October 1969) is 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...
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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... →

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I always love writing the third book in a series because you get to tie up all the threads that you put out in the first two books. You finally let... →

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I still recommend reading travel guides as an insight to a traveller's perspective on fantasy worlds. Nearly all characters end up travelling at... →

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The first rule of world-building is available physics, which basically means that if you want it to feel real, it has to follow the same rules as... →

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I wound up studying art and design, got a job at Lonely Planet Publications as a designer, cartographer and illustrator.

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I don't have any specific plans to return to the 'Age of the Five.' If I do, it won't be a sequel.

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I have always been fascinated by the supernatural elements in stories, whether fairy tales, myths, film or literature.

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'The Black Magician Trilogy' was about a conflict between countries and was very limited and almost claustrophobic in its range of settings... →

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'The Magician's Apprentice' was about someone from the low end of society manifesting magical power and how that completely messes up the... →

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