Cecilia Dart-Thornton is an Australian author of

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...

novels, notably the '' Bitterbynde'' Trilogy. Dart-Thornton was educated at

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where she completed a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in sociology.

Published works

''The Bitterbynde'' Trilogy

The Bitterbynde ''The Bitterbynde'' is a fantasy trilogy written by Australian writer Cecilia Dart-Thornton. It comprises ''The Ill-Made Mute'', '' The Lady of the Sorrows'', and '' The Battle of Evernight''. Books ''The Ill-Made Mute'' ''The Ill-Made Mut ...

Trilogy follows the journey of a mute, amnesiac foundling through a world of beauty and peril. # ''The Ill-Made Mute'' (2001) # ''

The Lady of the Sorrows ''The Lady of the Sorrows'' is the second book in ''The Bitterbynde'' Trilogy written by Australian author Cecilia Dart-Thornton. It is preceded by '' The Ill-Made Mute'' and followed by the last book in the trilogy, '' The Battle of Evernight'' ...

'' (2002) # ''

The Battle of Evernight ''The Battle of Evernight'' is a fantasy novel written by Australian author Cecilia Dart-Thornton, published in 2003 by Warner Aspect Hachette Book Group (HBG) is a publishing company owned by Hachette Livre, the largest publishing company ...

'' (2003)

''The Crowthistle Chronicles''

A four-part epic fantasy describing the adventures that befall a cursed and gifted family. # ''

The Iron Tree ''The Iron Tree'' is the first book in the Crowthistle Chronicles, written by Cecilia Dart-Thornton. Written and published in August 2004, , ''The Iron Tree'' is a suspenseful fantasy novel Fantasy literature is literature set in an imagin ...

'' (2005) # ''The Well of Tears'' (2005) # ''Weatherwitch'' (2006) # ''Fallowblade'' (2007)

Other works

Short stories

# ''Long the Clouds Are Over Me Tonight'' (Published in the anthology ''Emerald Magic: Great Tales of Irish Fantasy''; Tor Books, 2004) # ''The Stolen Swanmaiden'' (Published in Australian Women's Weekly, September 2005) # ''The Lanes of Camberwell'' (Published by

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in the anthology ''Dreaming Again'', 2008) # ''The Enchanted'' (Published by HarperCollins in the anthology ''Legends of Australian Fantasy'', 2010)The Enchanted
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References

External links

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Bibliography at Fantastic Fiction
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dart-Thornton, Cecilia Living people Australian fantasy writers Writers from Melbourne Australian women novelists 20th-century Australian novelists Women science fiction and fantasy writers 20th-century Australian women writers 1961 births