Juliet Marillier (born in 1948) is a New Zealand-born writer of speculative fiction, predominantly historical fantasy.
She has been nominated for 26 Aurealis Awards, resulting in 6 wins. Additionally, she has won four Sir Julius Vogel Awards. She received the World Fantasy Award—Life Achievement in 2025.
Biography
Marillier attended University of Otago. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in languages and a Bachelor of Music (honours). She then taught music at high school and university levels and has been a choral conductor and opera singer.
Marillier is on the Literary Advisory Committee for the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers' Centre and is a contributor to the writing blog Writer Unboxed. She belongs to the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids.
Personal life She has lived in the Swan Valley, Western Australia (since 2014).
Awards Year Title Award Category . 2000 Son of the Shadows Aurealis Award Fantasy Novel 2001 Daughter of the Forest Alex Awards — 2005 Blade of Fortriu Aurealis Award Fantasy Novel 2006 Wildwood Dancing Aurealis Award Fantasy Novel 2008 Cybele's Secret Sir Julius Vogel Award Young Adult Novel 2009 Wildwood Dancing Beehive Book Award Young Adult Fiction 2010 Daughter of the Forest Prix Imaginales Novel in Translation Seer of Sevenwaters Tin Duck Awards Professional Long Written Work 2013 "By Bone-Light" (Prickle Moon) Aurealis Award Young Adult Short Story ShadowfellTin Duck AwardsSpeculative Fiction by Western Australian writers2014"By Bone-Light" (Prickle Moon) Sir Julius Vogel Awards Short Story Prickle Moon Tin Duck Awards Professional Long Written Work Raven Flight Sir Julius Vogel Awards Youth Novel 2015The Caller Sir Julius Vogel Awards Youth Novel Dreamer's Pool Aurealis Award Fantasy Novel 2016Tower of ThornsTin Duck AwardsProfessional Long Written Work2018Blackthorn & GrimAurealis AwardSara Douglass Book Series Award2019Beautiful Tin Duck AwardsProfessional Short Written Work2025—World Fantasy Award Life Achievement
Bibliography
The Sevenwaters Series Daughter of the Forest (1999) Son of the Shadows (2000) Child of the Prophecy (2001) Heir to Sevenwaters (2008) Seer of Sevenwaters (2010) Flame of Sevenwaters (2012)
Saga of the Light Isles Wolfskin (2002) Foxmask (2003)
The Bridei Chronicles The Dark Mirror (2004) Blade of Fortriu (2005) The Well of Shades (2006)
The Whistling Tor series Heart's Blood (2009)
The Shadowfell series Shadowfell (2012) Raven Flight (2013) The Caller (2014)
Blackthorn and Grim Dreamer's Pool (2014) Tower of Thorns (2015) Den of Wolves (2016)
Warrior Bards
The Harp of Kings (September, 2019) A Dance with Fate (September, 2020) A Song of Flight (September, 2021)
The Heartwood Duology The Amber Owl (2025) The Hidden Way (2026)
Novels for young adults Wildwood Dancing (2006) Cybele's Secret (2007)
Short story collections Prickle Moon (2013), 16 stories. Mother Thorn and Other Tales of Courage and Kindness (2021), 4 stories.
Short stories Short stories in Prickle Moon. "Prickle Moon" "Otherling" "Let down your hair" "Poppy seeds" "In Coed Celyddon" "Juggling silver" "'Twixt Firelight and Water (A Tale of Sevenwaters)" "Gift of hope" "Letters from Robert" "Jack's day" "Far horizons" "Tough Love 3001" "Wraith, level one" "Back and beyond" "The angel of death" "By bone-light" "Beautiful"
Dates shown are for first Australian publication.
References "Juliet Marillier". AUSTLIT (austlit.edu.au). Retrieved 4 August 2014.
External links
Juliet Marillier at Libraries Australia Authorities with catalogue search