Cecilia Dart-Thornton was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, graduating from Monash University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology. She became a schoolteacher before working as an editor, bookseller, illustrator and book designer.
Cecilia is the author of numerous bestselling fantasy novels, notably the Bitterbynde Trilogy. The Ill-Made Mute (her 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 ‘Australia’s Favourite Read’. It is published in five languages and distributed in more than fifty countries around the world.
In 2021 Cecilia served as a judge for the World Fantasy Awards.
