Trudi Canavan (born 23 October 1969) is an Australian writer of fantasy novels, best known for her best-selling fantasy trilogies The Black Magician and Age of the Five.
While establishing her writing career she worked as a graphic designer.
She completed her third trilogy, The Traitor Spy trilogy, in August 2012 with The Traitor Queen.
Subsequently, Canavan has been writing a series called Millennium’s Rule, with a completely new setting consisting of multiple worlds which characters can cross between.
Though originally planned as a trilogy, a fourth and final book in the Millennium’s Rule series has been announced.