Juliet Marillier

Juliet Marillier (born 7 August 1948) is a New Zealand-born writer of fantasy, focusing predominantly on historical fantasy.^[1]

Juliet Marillier
Marillier in 2013
Born	Juliet Marillier (1948-07-27) 27 July 1948 (age 76) Dunedin, New Zealand
Occupation	Author
Alma mater	University of Otago
Genre	Historical fantasy
Notable awards	2008 Sir Julius Vogel Award
Children	4

Biography

Juliet Marillier was educated at the University of Otago, where she graduated with a BA in languages and a Bachelor of Music (honours).^[2] Marillier taught music at the high school and university levels and has also served as a choral conductor and opera singer.^[3]

Marillier lives in the Swan Valley, Western Australia (2014).^[2]

Marillier serves on the Literary Advisory Committee for the Katherine Susannah Prichard Writers' Centre and is a regular contributor to the fiction writing blog, Writer Unboxed.^[4]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Book
2000	Aurealis Awards	Best Fantasy Novel	Son of the Shadows
2001	Alex Awards	Young Adult Fiction	Daughter of the Forest
2005	Aurealis Awards	Best Fantasy Novel	Blade of Fortriu
2006	Aurealis Awards	Best Fantasy Novel	Wildwood Dancing
2008	Sir Julius Vogel Awards	Best Young Adult Novel	Cybele's Secret[5]
2009	Beehive Book Award	Young Adult Fiction	Wildwood Dancing
2010	Le Prix Imaginales	Best Novel in translation	Daughter of the Forest
2010	Tin Duck Awards	Best Professional Long Written Work	Seer of Sevenwaters
2013	Tin Duck Awards	Speculative fiction by Western Australian writers	Shadowfell
2014	Sir Julius Vogel Awards	Best Youth Novel	Raven Flight[6]
2014	Sir Julius Vogel Awards	Best Short Story	"By Bone-Light" (Prickle Moon)[6]
2014	Tin Duck Awards	Best Professional Long Written Work	Prickle Moon
2015	Aurealis Awards	Best Fantasy Novel	Dreamer's Pool
2015	Sir Julius Vogel Awards	Best Youth Novel	The Caller[7]

Bibliography

The Sevenwaters Series

1. Daughter of the Forest (1999)
2. Son of the Shadows (2000)
3. Child of the Prophecy (2001)
4. Heir to Sevenwaters (2008)
5. Seer of Sevenwaters (2010)
6. Flame of Sevenwaters (2012)

Saga of the Light Isles

1. Wolfskin (2002)
2. Foxmask (2003)

The Bridei Chronicles

1. The Dark Mirror (2004)
2. Blade of Fortriu (2005)
3. The Well of Shades (2006)

The Whistling Tor series

1. Heart's Blood (2009)

Novels for young adults

1. Wildwood Dancing (2006)
2. Cybele's Secret (2007)

The Shadowfell series

1. Shadowfell (2012)
2. Raven Flight (2013)
3. The Caller (2014)

Blackthorn and Grim

1. Dreamer's Pool (2014)
2. Tower of Thorns (2015)
3. Den of Wolves (October, 2016)

Warrior Bards

1. The Harp of Kings (September, 2019)
2. A Dance with Fate (September, 2020)
3. A Song of Flight (September, 2021)

Short story collections

• Prickle Moon (2013), 16 stories.
• Mother Thorn and Other Tales of Courage and Kindness (2021), 4 stories.

Short stories

Short stories in Prickle Moon.

• "Prickle Moon"
• "Otherling"
• "Let down your hair"
• "Poppy seeds"
• "In Coed Celyddon"
• "Juggling silver"
• "'Twixt Firelight and Water (A Tale of Sevenwaters)"
• "Gift of hope"
• "Letters from Robert"
• "Jack's day"
• "Far horizons"
• "Tough Love 3001"
• "Wraith, level one"
• "Back and beyond"
• "The angel of death"
• "By bone-light"
• "Beautiful"

Dates shown are for first Australian publication.

Audiobooks

• Daughter of the Forest
• Son of the Shadows
• Child of the Prophecy
• Heir to Sevenwaters
• Seer of Sevenwaters
• Flame of Sevenwaters
• Wolfskin
• Foxmask
• The Dark Mirror
• Blade of Fortriu
• The Well of Shades
• Heart's Blood
• Wildwood Dancing
• Cybele's Secret
• Dreamer's Pool
• Tower of Thorns
• Den of Wolves
• The Harp of Kings
• A Dance with Fate
• A Song of Flight
• Beautiful (novel)
• Die Tochter der Wälder (German)
• Sohn der Schatten (German)
• Das Kind der Stürme (German)
• Die Erben von Sevenwaters (German)

References

1. "Reviews for Juliet Marillier". RT Book Reviews. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
2. "Juliet Marillier". AUSTLIT (austlit.edu.au). Retrieved 4 August 2014.
3. Kenter, DA. "An interview with author Juliet Marillier". Canton Rep. Archived from the original on 29 July 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
4. jmarilli_admin. "Juliet". Juliet Marillier | The Official Site | Author of Historical Fantasy. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
5. "Sir Julius Vogel Award Results - 2008".
6. "SJV Award Results 2014".
7. "SJV Award Results 2015".

External links

• Children and Young Adult Literature portal

• Official website
• Juliet Marillier at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Juliet Marillier at Libraries Australia Authorities with catalogue search (subscription required)
• Juliet Marillier at Library of Congress, with 17 library catalogue records