Michelle Paver

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Michelle Paver was born on September 7, 1960, in Blantyre, in what was then Nyasaland and is now Malawi, and earned a first-class degree in biochemistry from Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. She worked as a solicitor and became a partner at a City of London law firm before turning to writing full time following her father's death in 1996. She is best known for the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series, beginning with Wolf Brother (2004), which has sold more than 2.5 million copies and been translated into 30 languages, and for the ghost novel Dark Matter (2010), set in the Arctic. Her other works include the Daughters of Eden trilogy (2002-2005) and the Bronze Age children's series Gods and Warriors. Ghost Hunter, the sixth Chronicles of Ancient Darkness novel, won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 2010.

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Books

• Wolf Brother (2004) · Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Core Canon
• Spirit Walker (2005) · Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Core Canon
• Soul Eater (2006) · Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Core Canon
• Outcast (2007) · Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Core Canon
• Oath Breaker (2008) · Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Core Canon
• Ghost Hunter (2009) · Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Core Canon
• Viper's Daughter (2020) · Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Core Canon
• Skin Taker (2021) · Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Core Canon
• Wolfbane (2022) · Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 9 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 1 (1 won)

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