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Cecilia Dart-Thornton is the author of numerous bestselling fantasy novels, notably the Bitterbynde Trilogy. The Washington Post reported that the first summer after Neilsen Booktrack launched in Australia it showed Dart-Thornton’s newly launched fantasy tome The Ill-Made Mute hitting the Herald's best-seller list, ranked next to mainstream authors and 'serious' fiction. Technology, in one swift blow, destroyed a decades-long publishers' bias against fantasy. It demonstrated that what people were really buying was simply not reflected in the old bestseller lists, based as they were on reports from a small panel of bookshops. The reality was, people were buying fantasy - in particular, they were buying The Ill-Made Mute. This debut novel and its two sequels in the 'Bitterbynde Trilogy' went on to win fans and accolades across the globe.
The Ill-Made Mute was listed on Amazon’s Best, Locus Magazine’s Best First Novels, the Sydney Morning Herald’s Top Twenty and the Australian Publishers' Association 'Australia's Favourite Read'. It is published in five languages and distributed in more than fifty countries around the world.
The daughter of an architect and an academic, Cecilia Dart-Thornton was born and raised in Australia. She graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Arts degree, then gained a post-graduate Diploma of Education. After starting out as a schoolteacher she created and ran her own business, but became a full-time writer in 2000 after her work was ‘discovered’ on the Internet and published by Time Warner (New York).
Dart-Thornton is currently at work on a non-fiction project.
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In her highly acclaimed debut novel, Dart-Thornton sweeps readers into a unique and intriguing fantasy world of extraordinary beauty and terrible danger.
The stakes are raised ever higher as the journey continues; an adventure teeming with fey creatures and packed with surprises and twists.
Announcing the Special Edition of The Ill-Made Mute.
The Ill-Made Mute returns in a special edition with a brand-new cover, and now containing previously unpublished material.
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The Crowthistle Chronicles #1
THE IRON TREE
Jarred longs to know the history of his father, who disappeared long ago, leaving behind an amulet that the boy has worn always. Some say it brings more than a bit of good luck his way, for no harm has ever befallen him...
The Crowthistle Chronicles #2
THE WELL OF TEARS
Disaster strikes, and Jewel is forced to flee from the only home she has ever known. Now she learns that her parents, ensnared by a tragic prophecy, had hidden their daughter for years to guard the secret of her dreadful inheritance.
The Crowthistle Chronicles #3
THE WELL OF TEARS
Asrathiel keenly feels the gulf that separates her from everyone she knows. In her blood flows a terrible power waiting for her to use it for good or ill.
The Crowthistle Chronicles #4
FALLOWBLADE
War engulfs the kingdoms of Tir. Asrāthiel the Weatherwitch, summoner of storms, aids the defenders as best she can, but the invaders are pushing further north and it seems that all is lost . . . Until a new peril looms; far more dangerous and deadly.
