Fiona Horne
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Fiona Horne (born 1966 in Sydney) is an Australian singer, rock musician, model, actor, author and sorceress. She is most famous for her public promotion of witchcraft and as the singer in Australian band Def FX. She has also written several books on magic.
Horne is a regular on the Hamish and Andy weekday drive program on the Austereo radio network. As part of the "Get Us an Autograph" segment, she talks to Hamish and Andy and tells them about recent gossip she has heard while living in Los Angeles.
In 2004 Horne was a host (called an 'Alt') in the reality television show Mad Mad House for the Sci Fi Channel. She recently competed in Celebrity Survivor for the Seven Network Australia (which aired in August 2006). She is currently working with The CW Network, producing a sitcom based on her life in sorcery.
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[edit] Musical career
Fiona Horne has recorded and released music with The Mothers (including the 1980s single "Drives Me Wild"/"Get Outta My Life" and the mini-album 12-Incher, both on Waterfront Records); Def FX (on Phantom Records, EMI/MDS/BMG); Sister Sludge; and Paul McDermott (the single "Shut Up/Kiss me", November 1998). In March 2007 Horne released her first solo CD Witch Web, based on her spiritual practice.
[edit] Modelling
Horne has done nude and erotic photo spreads for Black+White (October 1994), Ralph (September 1998), FHM (1998), as well as Australian Playboy (November 1998) and, after moving to Los Angeles in 2001, Playboy [US edition] (October 2005).
[edit] Books
- Witch: A Personal Journey (Random House Australia, ISBN 0-09-183387-6, 27 February 1998)
- Witch: A Magickal Year (Random House Australia, ISBN 0-09-184000-7, 1 October 1999)
- Life's a Witch: A Handbook for Teen Witches (Random House Australia, ISBN 1-74051-022-4, November 2000)
- Witch: A Magickal Journey: A Hip Guide to Modern Witchcraft (Thorsons, hardback ISBN 0-00-710399-9, 1 January 2001; paperback new edition ISBN 0-00-712132-6, April 2002) (Northern Hemisphere edition of Witch: A Personal Journey and Witch: A Magickal Year)
- 7 Days to a Magickal New You (Thorsons, hardback ISBN 0-00-712346-9, October 2001)
- In 7 Tagen magische Kräfte wecken (German translation) (Bauer, Freiburg, hardback ISBN 3-7626-0875-X, September 1, 2002)
- Magickal Sex: A Witches' Guide to Beds, Knobs, and Broomsticks (Thorsons, ISBN 0-00-714133-5, September 2002)
- Witchin': A Handbook for Teen Witches (Thorsons, paperback ISBN 0-00-713695-1, school/library binding ISBN 0-613-89284-4, February 2003) (Northern Hemisphere edition of Life's a Witch)
- Pop! Goes the Witch: The Disinformation Guide to 21st Century Witchcraft (Editor) (Disinformation, paperback ISBN 0-9729529-5-0, 15 July 2004)
- Bewitch a Man: How to Find Him and Keep Him Under Your Spell (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, hardback ISBN 1416914749, 26 September 2006)
- L.A. Witch: Fiona Horne's Guide to Coven Magick (Llewellyn Publications, paperback ISBN 0738710342, 1 April 2007)
[edit] References
- Def FX (Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop by Ian McFarlane)
- Fiona Horne (Chaos Control interview, October 2003)