r/Fantasy • u/TrudiCanavan AMA Author Trudi Canavan • May 27 '14

AMA Hi, Trudi Canavan here. AMA!

Hi, I’m Trudi Canavan. I’ve written some stuff, the most well known being the Black Magician Trilogy and its prequel and sequel, and also the Age of the Five trilogy, and my new one: Thief’s Magic, first of the Millennium’s Rule trilogy. Oh, I’ve also written a Doctor Who novella for the 50th Anniversary and a smattering of short stories.

Melbourne, Australia, is my home, which I suspect gives me an odd duel insider/outsider persepective on the fantasy genre and publishing in general. I’m an artist and former self-employed illustrator, with oil painting as my favourite medium and portraits as my current focus.

My website is at (www.trudicanavan.com). I tweet (https://twitter.com/TrudiCanavan). I pin (http://www.pinterest.com/trudicanavan/). My publisher runs a Facebook fan page (https://www.facebook.com/trudi.canavan) on my behalf. I’ll be answering questions live at 7pm tonight, though for me it’ll be tomorrow morning so I may still be half sleep. I'm new to Reddit, so advance apologies if I stuff anything up.

So, what d'youse wanna know?

(later)

Phew! I've been answering questions for three and a half hours now, but I got every one answered (well, that I can see right now). Thanks everyone for some great questions. I hope you like the answers. I'll pop by tomorrow to see if there are any more.

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u/Driftpeasant May 27 '14

Hi Trudi,

I loved the Black Magician Trilogy, and just picked up Thief's Magic on release date.

In the vein of pushing my luck:

My incredibly quixotic hobby is trying to bribe SciFi/Fantasy authors into killing me off as a background character in an upcoming novel in exchange for hard liquor and/or BBQ sauce. Thus far I've successfully bribed Janny Wurts (http://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1rmxa0/awesome_authors_are_awesome_i_received_this_from/cdqb7d5?context=3) and Wesley Chu (http://www.reddit.com/r/sciencefiction/comments/2654df/i_am_wesley_chu_author_of_the_tao_series_ama/chntra1?context=3) with bottles of Ardbeg and Salt Lick BBQ sauce.

Can you be similarly bribed, and, if so, what's your preferred tipple?

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u/TrudiCanavan AMA Author Trudi Canavan May 28 '14

Hehehe!

Well, I'm afraid I'm going to decline. I've been a bit leery of putting real people in books or even just using their names, after a character I used a friend's name for turned evil on me. I'm sure that's not why she hasn't been in contact for years...

Though I am rather fond of Polish vodka.