Catherine Fisher

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Catherine Fisher is an author, broadcaster and adjudicator who lives in Newport, Wales. Her former jobs include working as a primary school teacher and archeologist. She also taught Writing for Children at the University of Glamorgan.

She began writing poetry and wrote poems that were published in several anthologies. She also published three collections of poetry with Seren Publishing. The collection Immrama won the Welsh Arts Council Young Writers Prize and she also won the Cardiff International Poetry Competition; both in 1989.

Since the late 1980s she has written children's fantasy. Her nineteen novels have been translated into seventeen languages and many of her novels have won or been shortlisted for literary awards.

[edit] Selected works

Title	Award	Notes
The Oracle	Whitbread Children’s Book Award 2003	shortlisted
The Oracle Betrayed (US title)	Bram Stoker Award for Young Readers (2003)	nominated
	New York Libraries Books for Teens reading list	also listed on the American Libraries Association Best Books for Young Adults reading list 2005
The Candle	Tir-Na-n'Og Award 2002	won
The Snow-Walker’s Son	W.H. Smith Mind-Boggling award 1994	shortlisted
Snow-Walker (US title)	New York Libraries Books for Teens reading list 2005	&nbps;
The Conjuror’s Game	1990 Smarties Award	shortlisted