Isobelle Carmody

Isobelle Jane Carmody (born 16 June 1958) is an Australian writer of science fiction, fantasy, children's literature, and young adult literature. She is recipient of the Aurealis Award for best children's fiction.

Biography

Isobelle Carmody was born in Wangaratta on 16 June 1958, the eldest of eight children.<ref name=zkoff/> She began work on Obernewtyn Chronicles at the age of fourteen. This was soon after the death of her father in a traffic accident.<ref name=zkoff>Louise Schwartzkoff, "Interview: Isobelle Carmody", The Age, 21 November 2015, Spectrum, p. 24</ref> She continued to work on them while completing a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in literature and philosophy; she worked in public relations and journalism.

The Stone Key, book five of the Obernewtyn Chronicles, was released in February 2008. The Sending, book six of that series, was officially released on 31 October 2011.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The seventh and final book, The Red Queen, was released in November 2015.

She was Guest of Honour at the 2007 Australian National Science Fiction Convention, Convergence 2, held in Melbourne in June 2007.

Personal

Her partner is Jan Stolba, a Czech musician and poet.<ref name=zkoff/> She currently divides her time between her home on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, and her travels abroad with her partner and daughter, spending a year each in her two residences.

Books

Date first published	Title	Publisher information	Series	Notes
1987	Obernewtyn	Penguin Books, paperback, Template:ISBN	Obernewtyn Chronicles – Book 1	Shortlisted for 1988 Children's Book of the Year for Older Readers<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1990	The Farseekers	Penguin Books, paperback, Template:ISBN	Obernewtyn Chronicles – Book 2	Honour book for 1991 Children's Book of the Year for Older Readers<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1991	Scatterlings	Template:ISBN	Template:N/a
1 June 1993	The Gathering	Puffin Books, paperback, Template:ISBN<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Template:N/a ||
February 1995	Ashling	Penguin Books, paperback, Template:ISBN	Obernewtyn Chronicles – Book 3	Shortlisted for 1996 Aurealis Award for Best Young-Adult Novel<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1996	Green Monkey Dreams		Template:N/a	Short story collection (see below)
1 September 1997	Greylands	Puffin Books, paperback, Template:ISBN	Template:N/a	Won the 1998 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel
1997	Darkfall	Penguin Books, paperback, Template:ISBN	Legendsong Saga – Book 1	Shortlisted 1998 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy, shortlisted Ditmar Award for Best Long Fiction<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1998	This Way Out: Five Plays		Template:N/a	With Steve Taylor
1999	The Keeping Place	Penguin Books, paperback, Template:ISBN	Obernewtyn Chronicles – Book 4<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ||
2000	Billy Thunder and the Night Gate	Penguin Books, paperback, Template:ISBN	Gateway Trilogy – Book 1	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2002	Darksong	Penguin Books, paperback, Template:ISBN	Legendsong Saga – Book 2<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ||
29 September 2003	The Winter Door	Penguin Books, paperback, Template:ISBN	Gateway Trilogy – Book 2	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2004	Angel Fever	Lothian Books, paperback, Template:ISBN	Quentaris Chronicles
2005	The Cat Dreamer	Lothian Books, paperback, Template:ISBN	Quentaris Chronicles
26 September 2005	Alyzon Whitestarr	Penguin Books, paperback, Template:ISBN	Template:N/a	Won the 2005 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel and the 2005 Golden Aurealis for best novel
2005	Little Fur	Puffin Books, paperback, Template:ISBN	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ||
2006	A Fox Called Sorrow	Puffin Books, paperback, Template:ISBN	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ||
2007	A Mystery of Wolves	Puffin Books, paperback, Template:ISBN	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ||
4 February 2008	The Stone Key	Penguin Books, paperback, Template:ISBN	Obernewtyn Chronicles – Book 5	Published as two books, Wavesong & The Stone Key, in UK, Canada and US<ref name = "ONETisobellecontact">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1 November 2008	A Riddle of Green	Puffin Books, paperback, Template:ISBN	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ||
2010	The Red Wind	Puffin Books, paperback, Template:ISBN	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ||
31 October 2011	The Sending	Penguin Books, paperback, Template:ISBN	Obernewtyn Chronicles – Book 6<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ||
24 April 2013	The Cloud Road	Puffin Books, paperback, Template:ISBN	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ||
12 November 2015	The Red Queen	Penguin Books, paperback, Template:ISBN	Obernewtyn Chronicles – Book 7<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ||
3 July 2017	The Ice Maze	Viking, hardback, Template:ISBN	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ||
Forthcoming	Darkbane		Legendsong Saga – Book 3
Forthcoming	Firecat's Dream		Gateway Trilogy – Book 3
Forthcoming	The Velvet City		The Kingdom of the Lost – Book 4

Short stories

Collection	Title	Date first published	Notes
After Dark	The Red Shoes	1996	pub. 2000
	The Landlord	2000
Dark House	A Splinter of Darkness	1995	ed. Gary Crew
Dream Weavers	The Keystone	1996	ed. Paul Collins
Dreaming Again	Perchance to Dream	2008	ed. Jack Dann
Dreaming Down-Under	The Man Who Lost His Shadow	1998	ed. Jack Dann, Janeen Webb
Exotic Gothic	The Stranger	2009	ed. Danel Olson
	Metro Winds	2012
Gathering the Bones	The Dove Game	2003	ed. Ramsey Campbell, Jack Dann, Dennis Etchison
Green Monkey Dreams	Corfu	1985	pub. 1996
	The Witch Seed	1992
	Seek No More	1992
	The Pumpkin Eater	1994
	The Monster Game	1994
	Green Monkey Dreams	1995
	The Phoenix	1996
	The Glory Days
	The Beast
	The Lemming Factor
	The Red Shoes
Into the Future	Roaches	1991	ed. Toss Gascoigne, Jo Goodman, Margot Tyrrell
Kids' Night in 2	Santorini	2005	ed. Jessica Adams et al.
Legends of Australian Fantasy	The Dark Road: An Obernewtyn Story		ed. Jack Dann, Jonathan Strahan
The Lottery: Nine Science Fiction Stories	Long Live the Giant!	1994	ed. Lucy Sussex
The Road to Camelot	Guinevere, or the Sleeping of Beauty	2002	ed. Sophie Masson
Trust Me Too	The Journey	2012
Under My Hat	The Stone Witch	2012

Picture books

• Journey From the Centre of the Earth (2003), illustrated by Marc McBride
• Wildheart (2002), illustrated by Steven Woolman
• Dreamwalker (2000), a story in graphic novel form, illustrated by Steven Woolman
• The Wrong Thing (2006), illustrated by Declan Lee (rewritten for the US/Canada and published as Magic Night)
• Night School (2010), illustrated by Anne Spudvilas
• Evermore (2015), illustrated by Daniel Reed

Awards

2011 – Children's Book Council of Australia Awards

• Younger Readers Book of the Year: winner for The Red Wind<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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2008 – Aurealis Awards

• Young Adult Novel: Shortlisted for The Stone Key

2007 – Aurealis Awards<ref name = "aurealis6">Template:Cite news</ref>

• Children's Novel: shortlisted for A Fox Called Sorrow

2006 – ABPA Book Design Awards

• Fiction: winner for Little Fur: the Legend of Little Fur

2006 – Aurealis Awards<ref name = "aurealis6"/>

• Golden Aurealis novel: winner for Alyzon Whitestarr
• Young Adult Novel: winner for Alyzon Whitestarr
• Children's Long Fiction: winner for Little Fur: The Legend of Little Fur

2002 – Aurealis Awards<ref name = "aurealis6"/>

• Young Adult Short Story Award: winner for Dreamwalker

1998 – Aurealis Awards<ref name = "aurealis6"/>

• Young Adult Novel: winner for Greylands
• Fantasy Novel: shortlisted for "Darkfall: Book One of the Legendsong"

1998 – Ditmar Awards

• Australian Long Fiction: shortlisted for Darkfall

1997 – Aurealis Awards<ref name = "aurealis6"/>

• Young Adult Short Story: winner for Green Monkey Dreams

1997 – Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror, Stories

• Young Adult Division: winner for Greylands

1996 – Aurealis Awards<ref name = "aurealis6"/>

• Young Adult Novel: shortlisted for Ashling

1994 – The Children's Book Council of Australia Awards<ref name="cbc1">Template:Cite news</ref>

• Book of the Year for Older Readers: joint winner for The Gathering

1994 – W.A. Young Readers Book Award (WAYRA)

• Second for The Gathering

1993 – Children's Peace Literature Award (PEACE)

• Best Book: joint winner for The Gathering<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1992 – 3M Talking Book Award – (NSW)

• Talking Book: Winner for Scatterlings

1991 – The Children's Book Council of Australia Awards<ref name = "cbc1"/>

• Book of the Year for Older Readers – Honour Book for The Farseekers: the Obernewtyn Chronicles

1988 – The Children's Book Council of Australia Awards<ref name="cbc2">Template:Cite news</ref>

• Book of the Year for Older Readers: shortlisted for Obernewtyn: The Obernewtyn Chronicles

A more complete list of Isobelle Carmody's nominations and awards can be found on the author profile<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> at Penguin Books

External links

• Isobelle Carmody: The Official Website
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• Obernewtyn.net: The Official Obernewtyn Chronicles Fansite
• The Slipstream: Isobelle Carmody's blog
• Isobelle Carmody in conversation with Susan Johnson, State Library of Queensland