Sci-fi, Fantasy & Romantasy Hub
This is the place for people who love sci-fi, fantasy and romantasy. We’re talking movies, books, TV, fandom etc. Because real life doesn’t always come with magical forests, starships, or otherworldly romances, right?
In my realm, it does.
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About Cecilia Dart-Thornton
I am the author of numerous bestselling fantasy novels, notably the Bitterbynde Trilogy and the Crowthistle Chronicles. The Ill-Made Mute (my debut novel) and its two sequels in the Bitterbynde Trilogy went on to win fans and accolades across the globe.
The Ill-Made Mute was listed on Amazon’s Best, Locus Magazine’s Best First Novels, the Sydney Morning Herald’s Top Twenty and the Australian Publishers’ Association’s ‘Australia’s Favourite Read’.
The Bitterbynde Trilogy is published in five languages and distributed in more than fifty countries around the world.
I am a lifetime member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. In 2021 I served on the judging panel for the World Fantasy Awards.
Favourite genres: Fantasy, Sci-fi, Romantasy, Non-fiction, poetry from the Romantic period. Least favourite genres: Horror, Crime, any fiction chiefly set in the so-called real world post-1939. My literary heroes include, but are not limited to, JRR Tolkien and Tanith Lee. Find out more on my Official Website.
I am currently writing a new sci-fi romantasy novel /series.
~ Cecilia Dart-Thornton
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