Australian author Trudi Canavan won an Aurealis Award in 1999 with her first published story, Whispers of the Mist Children , and hasn’t looked back. The Black Magician Trilogy , her first fantasy series, garnered international acclaim and she has since written The Age of the Five and the Traitor Spy Trilogy, along with standalone novel The Magician’s Apprentice . Her last five books have been Sunday Times bestsellers in the UK. Following the release of Angel of Storms , the second instalment in her Millennium’s Rule series, Trudi spoke with Chris Large about the new book, her detailed world-building, and the ways in which her technique has been shaped over time by experience and injury. This interview first appeared in Aurealis #87. Hi Trudi, welcome to Aurealis. Your storytelling is very direct – written in plain speech with few flourishes or embellishments. Is this style something you work on through the drafting process, or does it come naturally? Early on in my writing
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