Juliet Marillier | |
Birth Name: | Juliet Marillier |
Birth Date: | 1948 7, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Dunedin, New Zealand |
Occupation: | Author |
Alma Mater: | University of Otago |
Genre: | Historical fantasy |
Children: | 4 |
Awards: | 2008 Sir Julius Vogel Award |
Juliet Marillier (born 7 August 1948) is a New Zealand-born writer of fantasy, focusing predominantly on historical fantasy.[1]
Juliet Marillier was educated at the University of Otago, where she graduated with a BA in languages and a Bachelor of Music (honours). Marillier taught music at the high school and university levels and has also served as a choral conductor and opera singer.[2]
Marillier lives in the Swan Valley, Western Australia (2014).
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.[3]
Year | Award | Category | Book | |
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2000 | Aurealis Awards | 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 | Best Young Adult Novel | Cybele's Secret[4] | ||
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[5] | |
2014 | Sir Julius Vogel Awards | Best Short Story | "By Bone-Light" (Prickle Moon) | |
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[6] |
Short stories in Prickle Moon.
Dates shown are for first Australian publication.