Freda Warrington is a British author, known for her epic

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and

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novels. Four of her novels (''Dark Cathedral'', ''Pagan Moon'', '' Dracula the Undead'', and ''The Amber Citadel'') have been nominated for the British Fantasy Society's Best Novel award. ''Dracula the Undead'' won the Dracula Society's 1997 ''Children of the Night Award''. Her novel, ''Elfland'', won the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award in the Fantasy Novel category for 2009. Warrington has also seen numerous short stories published in anthologies and magazines. Born in

Leicester Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city l ...

, Warrington grew up in

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...

. After completing high school, she trained at the

Loughborough College of Art and Design Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public university, public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university sinc ...

and afterward held a job at the Medical Illustration Department of Leicester Royal Infirmary. She eventually moved to full-time writing, pursuing a love she had had since childhood. In addition to her writing, Warrington works part-time in the

Charnwood Forest Charnwood Forest is a hilly tract in north-western Leicestershire, England, bounded by Leicester, Loughborough and Coalville. The area is undulating, rocky and picturesque, with barren areas. It also has some extensive tracts of woodland; i ...

. Some of her books are set in Leicestershire, such as the recent Aetherial Tales series, depicting the lives, loves and adventures of magical people living hidden in this region, passing for - and sharing many cultural traits with - ordinary English people.

Novels

* ''The Rainbow Gate'' (1989) * ''Sorrow's Light'' (1993) * '' Dracula the Undead'' (1997) (published in French as ''Le retour de Dracula'', in German as ''Dracula, Der Untote kehrt zurück'', and in Korean as ''드라큘라의 부활'') * ''The Court of the Midnight King'' (2003) * Blackbird series ** ''

A Blackbird in Silver ''A Blackbird in Silver'' is a novel by Freda Warrington published in 1986. Plot summary ''A Blackbird in Silver'' is a novel in which adventurers undertake a quest to defeat an evil creature. Reception Dave Langford reviewed ''A Blackbird in Si ...

'' (1986) ** ''A Blackbird in Darkness'' (1986) ** ''A Blackbird in Amber'' (1987) ** ''A Blackbird in Twilight'' (1988) ** ''Darker than the Storm'' (1990) * Blood Wine series ** ''A Taste of Blood Wine'' (1992) ** ''A Dance in Blood Velvet'' (1994) ** ''The Dark Blood of Poppies'' (1995) ** ''The Dark Arts of Blood'' (2015) * Dark Cathedral series ** ''Dark Cathedral'' (1996) ** ''Pagan Moon'' (1997) * The Jewelfire Trilogy ** ''The Amber Citadel'' (1999) ** ''The Sapphire Throne'' (2000) ** ''The Obsidian Tower'' (2001) * Aetherial Tales series ** ''Elfland'' (2009) ** ''Midsummer Night'' (2010) ** ''Grail of the Summer Stars'' (2013)

References

External links

Freda Warrington Official Site
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Story behind Aetherial Tales and Grail of the Summer Stars - Online Essay

Story behind A Taste of Blood Wine - Online Essay

Grail of the Summer Stars review
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Warrington, Freda Year of birth missing (living people) Living people British fantasy writers Alumni of Loughborough University Women science fiction and fantasy writers