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Louise Katz is an Australian fantasy and science fiction novelist and academic.

Biography

Katz was born in Canberra, Australia, and attended art school in Adelaide.[1] She is a Doctor of Creative Arts and has taught creative writing and academic writing at the University of Technology, Sydney and the University of Sydney.[2]

In 1996 Katz' first book, Myfanwy's Demon, was published. Her second novel, The Other Face of Janus, was released in 2001; the book won the 2001 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel.[3][4] The Orchid Nursery from 2016 won the Norma K. Hemming award for that year.[5] Katz has also published short fiction, including the short story "Weavers of the Twilight" which was a joint winner of the 2004 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story.[3][4]

Awards

  • 2001 – Aurealis award, for The Other Face of Janus
  • 2004 – Co-winner, Aurealis Award, for "Weavers of the Twilight"
  • 2016 – Winner, Norma K. Hemming award, for The Orchid Nursery

Selected bibliography

Novels

Short fiction

  • 2004 "Weavers of the Twilight", short story, in Agog! Smashing Stories, Wollongong, Australia: Agog! Press
  • 2000 "The Little Demon", short story, in Mystery, Magic, Voodoo, Sydney: HarperCollins
  • 2009 "The Absent Men", novella, in X-6 Anthology, Sydney: Coeur de Lion Publishing

References

  1. ^ "Katz, Louise". AusLit. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Dr Louise Katz". University of Sydney, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Louise Katz - Summary Bibliography". ISFDB. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Aurealis awards, previous years' results" (PDF). Aurealis Awards. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  5. ^ "2016 Ditmar and Other Australian Awards". Locus Online. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  6. ^ Sloan, Jane (12 August 2016). "Browsing the Aisles: A Foray into Speculative Fiction". Sydney Review of Books. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Katz