Trudi Canavan
Trudi Canavan is an Australian author of fantasy novels. She writes the Black Magic trilogy and Traitor Spy trilogy (which make up the Kyralia series), the Age of the Five trilogy and the Millennium’s Rule trilogy. Trudi grew up with an interest in art, writing and music. In 1995, she began a freelance graphic design business and also began writing for an Australian fantasy and science fiction publication entitled Aurealis . Meanwhile, Trudi dreamt of writing a novel until she was 25 and decided to focus on working on her craft by taking courses and refining her writing skills.