The Quentaris Chronicles is a

shared universe A shared universe or shared world is a fictional universe from a set of creative works where more than one writer (or other artist) independently contributes a work that can stand alone but fits into the joint development of the storyline, chara ...

series of fantasy books initially published by

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, but now published by Ford Street Press. The books in the series are written by various Australian authors including

Isobelle Carmody Isobelle Jane Carmody (born 16 June 1958) is an Australian writer of science fiction, fantasy, children's literature, and young adult literature. She is recipient of the Aurealis Award for best children's fiction. Biography Isobelle Carmody wa ...

Pamela Freeman Pamela Freeman is an Australian author of books for both adults and children. Most of her work is fantasy but she has also written mystery stories, science fiction, family dramas and non-fiction. Her first adult series, the ''Castings Trilog ...

and John Heffernan. Though they are written by different authors and usually star new characters, they are all set in the magical city of Quentaris. There are also several recurring characters that play minor roles e.g. Stanas the water magician. The series editors are Paul Collins and

Michael Pryor Michael Pryor is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Biography Pryor was born in Swan Hill, Victoria and currently lives in Melbourne with his wife and two daughters. His first work to be published was the short story "Talent" in 1990 ...

List of books

References

External links

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Michael Pryor
at Penguin Books Australia (formerly House of Legends)
Paul Collins: Author, Editor, Publisher, Events Coordinator
Paul Collins's website
Ford St Publishing
Publisher of the second series: ''Quentaris: Quest of the Lost City'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Quentaris Chronicles, The Australian fantasy novels Australian fantasy novel series Fantasy novel series Lothian Books books