Cecilia Dart-Thornton is an Australian author of

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novels, notably the '' Bitterbynde'' Trilogy. Dart-Thornton was educated at

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where she completed a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in sociology. She was born in 1969.

Published works

''The Bitterbynde'' Trilogy

The Bitterbynde Trilogy follows the journey of a mute, amnesiac foundling through a world of beauty and peril. # ''The Ill-Made Mute'' (2001) # '' The Lady of the Sorrows'' (2002) # '' The Battle of Evernight'' (2003)

''The Crowthistle Chronicles''

A four-part epic fantasy describing the adventures that befall a cursed and gifted family. # '' The Iron Tree'' (2005) # ''The Well of Tears'' (2005) # ''Weatherwitch'' (2006) # ''Fallowblade'' (2007)

Other works

Short stories

# ''Long the Clouds Are Over Me Tonight'' (Published in the anthology ''Emerald Magic: Great Tales of Irish Fantasy''; Tor Books, 2004) # ''The Stolen Swanmaiden'' (Published in Australian Women's Weekly, September 2005) # ''The Lanes of Camberwell'' (Published by

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in the anthology ''Dreaming Again'', 2008) # ''The Enchanted'' (Published by HarperCollins in the anthology ''Legends of Australian Fantasy'', 2010)The Enchanted
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References

External links

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Bibliography at Fantastic Fiction
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dart-Thornton, Cecilia Living people Australian fantasy writers Writers from Melbourne Australian women novelists 20th-century Australian novelists Australian women science fiction and fantasy writers Australian science fiction writers 20th-century Australian women writers 1961 births