Marianne Curley

Marianne Curley is an Australian author of young adult fantasy, born in 1959, best known for the Guardians of Time trilogy, comprising Old Magic sequels The Named, The Dark, and The Key, which follows teenage Guardians recruited to defend the timeline from dangerous incursions into history. She continued the same premise in the Avena trilogy (Hidden, Broken, Fearless), which shifts the action to angels and demons contesting the fate of the world. Curley's fiction is known for combining time-travel adventure with teen romance and moral stakes drawn from mythological and historical material, and her books have found a lasting readership among young adult fantasy fans in Australia and internationally.