Freda Warrington
1 universe Last reviewed 2026-11-02
Freda Warrington is a British author of epic fantasy, vampire and supernatural fiction. She was born in Leicester and grew up in Leicestershire, where early influences included Hammer horror films, Dracula and Camilla, as well as local history and Pre-Raphaelite art. She trained at Loughborough College of Art and Design and then worked in the Medical Illustration Department of Leicester Royal Infirmary before turning to full-time writing. Her books include the Blackbird series, the Blood Wine sequence, the Dark Cathedral books, the Jewelfire Trilogy and the Aetherial Tales set in Leicestershire. Dracula the Undead won the Dracula Society's Children of the Night Award in 1997, and Elfland won a Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award in 2009.
Universe(s)
- Core Canon books: 5
- Current rank: #809 in the official ranking
- Weighted average: 3.79
- Award recognitions: None recorded
Books
Aggregate across all universes
- Total Core Canon books across all universes: 5 books
- Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)
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A Blackbird in Darkness (1986) · Blackbird Core Canon
A Blackbird in Silver (1986) · Blackbird Core Canon
A Blackbird in Amber (1988) · Blackbird Core Canon
A Blackbird in Twilight (1988) · Blackbird Core Canon
Darker than the Storm (1990) · Blackbird Core Canon