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Juliet Marillier

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Dunedin, New Zealand

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Juliet Marillier was born in Dunedin, New Zealand and grew up surrounded by Celtic music and stories. Her own Celtic-Gaelic roots inspired her to write her first series, the Sevenwaters Trilogy. Juliet was educated at the University of Otago, where she majored in music and languages, graduating BA and Bachelor of Music (Hons). Her lifelong interest in history, folklore and mythology has had a major influence on her writing.

Juliet is the author of twenty-one historical fantasy novels for adults and young adults, as well as a book of short fiction. Juliet's novels and short stories have won many awards.

Juliet lives in a 110 year old cottage in a riverside suburb of Perth, Western Australia. When not writing, she tends to her small pack of re ...more

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Average rating: 4.16 · 350,340 ratings · 29,008 reviews · 77 distinct works • Similar authors

	Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 71,078 ratings — published 1999 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Son of the Shadows (Sevenwaters, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 34,201 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wildwood Dancing (Wildwood, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 32,398 ratings — published 2006 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Child of the Prophecy (Sevenwaters, #3) 4.12 avg rating — 24,760 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heart's Blood 4.08 avg rating — 17,784 ratings — published 2009 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heir to Sevenwaters (Sevenwaters, #4) 4.24 avg rating — 16,203 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreamer's Pool (Blackthorn & Grim, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 16,410 ratings — published 2014 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadowfell (Shadowfell, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 14,791 ratings — published 2012 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cybele's Secret (Wildwood, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 13,505 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seer of Sevenwaters (Sevenwaters, #5) 4.07 avg rating — 12,287 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Hi all,

I'm embarrased to see that I last posted here nearly 6 yeears ago ... Just wanted you to know I am still around and still writing, but I disengaged from Goodreads for a while for various reasons. I have kept on adding books as I read them. I do find the star system for rating books a bit inadequate. You'll notice most of my ratings are a 4 or 5. That's because, if I really don't enjoy a boo Read more of this blog post »

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Series by Juliet Marillier

Sevenwaters (6 books)
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Juliet Marillier (Goodreads Author)

4.25 avg rating — 170,210 ratings

Wildwood (2 books)
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4.10 avg rating — 45,898 ratings

Blackthorn & Grim (3 books)
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4.13 avg rating — 33,376 ratings

Shadowfell (3 books)
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Juliet Marillier (Goodreads Author)

4.02 avg rating — 28,566 ratings

The Bridei Chronicles (3 books)
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Juliet Marillier (Goodreads Author)

4.12 avg rating — 23,258 ratings

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Juliet rated a book it was amazing Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R.F. Kuang (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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If I could give this ten stars, I would! It goes straight onto my 'favourite reads of all time' list. Highly original, beautifully written and engaging throughout, with such memorable characters. Other things I should have been doing over the last fe ...more
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Juliet answered Margot's question: Not really a question, only a heartfelt request: please, please, please write Wildwood 3!!!!!!! The readers who love your books NEED you to. (And maybe your publishers read this and come to their senses? ) Hi Margot, My agent did not believe the publishers would be interested in a third Wildwood book when I suggested it. It all has to do with sales - if the numbers drop for the second book, the publishers don't want a follow-up. And a new publisher, suc See Full Answer
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“If a man has to say trust me, Gogu conveyed, it's a sure sign you cannot. Trust him, that is. Trust is a thing you know without words.”
― Juliet Marillier, Wildwood Dancing

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“He would have told her - he would have said, it matters not if you are here or there, for I see you before me every moment. I see you in the light of the water, in the swaying of the young trees in the spring wind. I see you in the shadows of the great oaks, I hear your voice in the cry of the owl at night. You are the blood in my veins, and the beating of my heart. You are my first waking thought, and my last sigh before sleeping. You are - you are bone of my bone, and breath of my breath.”
― Juliet Marillier, Daughter of the Forest

tags: red, sevenwaters

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“So you do believe in... true love? she whispered.
I took a deep breath, I think I have to, I said, blinking back tears. Without it, we're all going nowhere.”
― Juliet Marillier, Wildwood Dancing

tags: fantasy, true-love

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APRIL FANTASY: This poll decides which book will be our April Fantasy BotM.

The Dragon's Path by Daniel Abraham

33 votes, 39.3%

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

26 votes, 31.0%

Watchmen by Alan Moore

25 votes, 29.8%

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