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Louise Katz
BornCanberra, Australia
OccupationWriter, academic
NationalityAustralian
GenreFantasy, science fiction, young adult
Notable awardsAurealis Award
Best young-adult novel
2001 The Other Face of Janus
Best fantasy short story
2004 Weavers of the Twilight

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. 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.

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. The Orchid Nursery from 2016 won the Norma K. Hemming award for that year. 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.

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. ^ "Louise Katz - Summary Bibliography". ISFDB. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  4. ^ "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.
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