Marianne Curley

Marianne Curley is a renowned Australian writer of fantasy, young adult, paranormal, children’s books, and time travel genres. She is particularly famous for writing the Old Magic books, Guardians of Time series and the Avena trilogy series. Her books have earned her great reputation all over the world and have helped her to establish herself as a noteworthy author of fantasy stories. Curley formerly resided in Coffs Harbor, New South Wales, Australia, currently resides in the Gold Coast Hinterland mountains. She is married and has three children. In 2004, Curley was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer and successfully battled the disease after her sister donated her stem-cell and helped in her successful bone marrow transplant.