Juliet Marillier

6 universes Last reviewed 2026-08-07

Juliet Marillier is a New Zealand-born writer, born in 1948 in Dunedin, who studied languages and music, earning a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Music with honours from the University of Otago, and worked as a music teacher and choral conductor, with experience as an opera singer, before becoming a full-time author. Her published career began in 1999 with Daughter of the Forest, the first novel in her Sevenwaters series, which ran to six books through 2012; she also wrote the Bridei Chronicles (2004-2006), the Shadowfell series (2012-2016), and the ongoing Blackthorn & Grim series beginning in 2014. Her work has received six Aurealis Award wins from twenty-six nominations, four Sir Julius Vogel Awards, and other honors including Beehive Book Awards and Tin Duck Awards, and in 2025 she received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement. She belongs to the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, has served on the Literary Advisory Committee for the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers' Centre, and has contributed to the writing blog Writer Unboxed. She has four children and has lived in Swan Valley, Western Australia, since 2014.

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Books

• Daughter of the Forest (1999) · Sevenwaters Core Canon
• Son of the Shadows (2000) · Sevenwaters Core Canon
• Child of the Prophecy (2001) · Sevenwaters Core Canon
• Wolfskin (2002) · Saga of the Light Isles Core Canon
• Foxmask (2004) · Saga of the Light Isles Core Canon
• The Dark Mirror (2005) · Bridei Chronicles Core Canon
• Blade of Fortriu (2006) · Bridei Chronicles Core Canon
• The Well of Shades (2007) · Bridei Chronicles Core Canon
• Heir to Sevenwaters (2008) · Sevenwaters Core Canon
• Seer of Sevenwaters (2010) · Sevenwaters Core Canon
• Twixt Firelight and Water (2011) · Sevenwaters Expanded Canon
• Flame of Sevenwaters (2012) · Sevenwaters Core Canon
• Shadowfell (2012) · Shadowfell Core Canon
• Raven Flight (2013) · Shadowfell Core Canon
• Dreamer's Pool (2014) · Blackthorn & Grim Core Canon
• The Caller (2014) · Shadowfell Core Canon
• Tower of Thorns (2015) · Blackthorn & Grim Core Canon
• Den of Wolves (2016) · Blackthorn & Grim Core Canon
• The Harp of Kings (2019) · Warrior Bards Core Canon
• A Dance with Fate (2020) · Warrior Bards Core Canon
• A Song of Flight (2021) · Warrior Bards Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

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• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 20 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 7 (2 won, 5 finalist mention)

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