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ⓘ About Violette Malan
Violette Malan is a Canadian fantasy fiction author with Spanish and Polish roots. She is the co-founder of the two-day event “Scene of the Crime Festival on Wolfe Island” that focuses and celebrates Canadian crime fiction. She organizes and gives the writing workshop at the festival and also acts as one of the judges of the “Wolfe Island Prize” for new fiction. Malan is the editor of a mystery and crime fiction anthology named “Dead in the Water” alongside Therese Greenwood. Most of the anthology features stories set around the largest of Canada’s water bodies. Violette started out writing short stories and touched down running when she won the “Crime Writers of Canada Bloody Woods Conference’s Bony Pete” award with her story “Brush Off.
All Book Series by Violette Malan
Tales From the Magician\'s Skull #0
Series opener · book 1 of 13 · published 2018 Anthology · S.E. Lindberg
Tales From the Magician\'s Skull #1
Book 2 of 13 · published 2018 Anthology · S.E. Lindberg
Tales From the Magician\'s Skull #2
Book 3 of 13 · published 2018 Anthology · S.E. Lindberg
Tales from The Magician's Skull #3
Book 4 of 13 · published 2019 Co-authored · William King,John C. Hocking,Howard Andrew Jones,James Enge,Joseph A. McCullough,Sarah Newton
Tales From the Magician\\\'s Skull #4
Book 5 of 13 · published 2019 Anthology · S.E. Lindberg
Tales from the Magician's Skull #5
Book 6 of 13 · published 2020 Co-authored · Adrian Cole,John C. Hocking,Howard Andrew Jones,James Enge,S.E. Lindberg,Adrian Simmons,C.L. Werner,Terry Olsen
Tales from The Magician's Skull #6
Book 7 of 13 · published 2021 Anthology · S.E. Lindberg
Tales from The Magician's Skull #7
Book 8 of 13 · published 2022 Anthology · John C. Hocking,Howard Andrew Jones,Nathan Meyer,James Enge,Scott J. Couturier,Terry Olson,S.E. Lindberg,Mark Rigney,D.J. Tyler,C.L. Werner
Tales from The Magician\'s Skull #8
Book 9 of 13 · published 2022 Anthology · S.E. Lindberg
Tales from The Magician's Skull #9
Book 10 of 13 · published 2022 Anthology · Howard Andrew Jones,James Enge,Nathan Long,Philip Brian Hall,Terry Olson,D.M. Ritzlin,S.E. Lindberg
Tales From the Magician\'s Skull #10
Book 11 of 13 · published 2022 Anthology · S.E. Lindberg
Tales From the Magician\'s Skull #11
Book 12 of 13 · published 2022 Anthology · S.E. Lindberg
Tales From the Magician\'s Skull #12
Latest in the series · book 13 of 13 · published 2022 Anthology · S.E. Lindberg
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Violette Malan?
Violette Malan is a Canadian fantasy fiction author with Spanish and Polish roots. She is the co-founder of the two-day event “Scene of the Crime Festival on Wolfe Island” that focuses and celebrates Canadian crime fiction. She organizes and gives the writing workshop at the festival and also acts as one of the judges of the “Wolfe Island Prize” for new fiction.
Which Violette Malan series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Dhulyn and Parno series, the earliest of Violette Malan's multi-book series: it opens with The Sleeping God (2007) and runs to 4 books across 2007–2010, ending with Path of the Sun (2010). Violette Malan's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Violette Malan written?
Violette Malan has 21 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2006 and 2023. Every one of them sits in one of 4 named series — the largest being the Tales From The Magician's Skull series with 13 books.
In what order should Violette Malan's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Violette Malan's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Mirror Prince (2006–2012, 2 books), Dhulyn and Parno (2007–2010, 4 books) and Tales From The Magician's Skull (2018–2022, 13 books), plus 1 more.
How are Violette Malan's books organised into series?
This guide splits Violette Malan's 21 books into 4 named series, with no standalone titles: Tales From The Magician's Skull (13 books, 2018–2022); Dhulyn and Parno (4 books, 2007–2010); The Godstone (2 books, 2021–2023); The Mirror Prince (2 books, 2006–2012).