Fantasy book series about a girl who finds her power as a witch/healer

Question

I’m trying to remember the name of a book series from the '80s/'90s, set in medieval times, about a girl who finds her power as a witch/healer through the series. I believe the main character is called Sita, but it’s not Hindu or from India at all. More a European setting.

I read them early 2000s but the books were older, borrowed from a friend. There was 3 in the series, I believe. They were paperback and the covers were brown/tan tones with illustrations of the main character in non-specific scenes.

Answer 1

This might be The Black Magician trilogy by Trudi Canavan. The first book is The Magician's Guild, first published in 2001, a little late for the question.

It has a European fantasy setting, is a trilogy with young girl becoming a magician (the term witch is not generally used, perhaps in a historical context in the 2nd story line) with a focus on healing. The main character is Sonea, a girl from a poor family who unexpectedly discovers she has magic during the annual 'purge' when such folk are cleared from town by the eponymous guild.

Tan covers with non specific scenes.