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Melanie Reynard

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Melanie Reynard is a Lancashire-born writer of science fiction and fantasy, with mixed heritage. She’s been shortlisted for the Future Worlds Prize 2023, longlisted for WriteMentor 2025 and placed in the Top 100 of the inaugural 2025/2026 Ascent Novel Prize. By day, she dabbles in the arts of planting design and social media for a landscaping company; by night, she conjures fantastical realms with words. She lives in Greater London with her young family and a neurotic cat.

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Average rating: 4.4 · 20 ratings · 13 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Magical Unicorn Society: The Dark Heart Unicorns (6) by Melanie Reynard (Goodreads Author), Jazlyn Alcaide (illustrator), Chris Coady (illustrator) 4.40 avg rating — 20 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blazing Book of Dragons by Melanie Reynard (Goodreads Author), Chris Coady (Illustrator), Lukas Thelin (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Firstborn of the Sun (Firstborn of the Sun, #1)

by Marvellous Michael Anson (Goodreads Author)

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Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

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Strange Familiars (Seamere College, #1)

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Melanie Reynard and 30 other people liked Booksblabbering \|\| Cait❣️'s review of Firstborn of the Sun (Firstborn of the Sun, #1): "A stunningly impressive West African-inspired epic, high fantasy.🤩 L'ore is an outcast in Oru, daughter of a coward and hiding a secret that would see her killed: she is the only one without agbára – the ability to harness power from the sun. When her" Read more of this review »
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Melanie Reynard and 10 other people liked Frances White's review of Firstborn of the Sun (Firstborn of the Sun, #1): "A scorching debut from an exciting new voice in fantasy, Firstborn of the Sun has everything you could want from an epic fantasy--layered worldbuilding, engaging characters and twists and betrayals I'm still reeling from. I can't wait to find out wha" Read more of this review »
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