Sue Isle

Sue Isle (born 1963 in Fremantle, Western Australia) is the author of the Young Adult literature fantasy novel Scale Of Dragon, Tooth Of Wolf and nonfiction children's book 'Wolf Children' . Isle lives in Perth, Western Australia and has been writing as long as she knew that real people wrote books. her books include the YA novel Scale of Dragon, Tooth of Wolf and kids book Wolf Children. She has sold numerous stories around the place to markets such as Aurealis, Orb, ASIM, Agog, Sword and Sorceress and Tales of the Unanticipated [USA] and recently moved online with Shiny, a YA fiction magazine. Her other interests include history, sf conventions, roleplay gaming, gardening and working out how best to turn her hometown into an Aftermath scenario.

Scale Of Dragon, Tooth Of Wolf is about a rebellious teen in an alternate-world 16th century joining a group of sorceresses. Sue Isle is also the author of the Non-fiction book Wolf children : the real feral kids : an extraordinary story She lives in Perth, Western Australia.

Bibliography

Novels

• Nightsiders (collection of theme fiction) (2011)
• Scale of Dragon, Tooth of Wolf (1996)
• Wolf Children (1998)

Short fiction

• "To Here the Midnight Fled" in Thyme Fiction 2(1989?)
• "Her Father's Daughter" (1990) in Sword And Sorceress VII (ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley)
• "Nightwings" (1990) in Aurealis #1 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser)
• "The Last Guardian" (1990) in Glass Reptile Breakout and other Australian Speculative Stories (ed. Van Ikin)
• "Remembering Names" (1991) in Aurealis #4 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser)
• "A Sprig of Aconite" (1992) in Intimate Armageddons (ed. Bill Congreve)
• "Daybreak" (1992) in Aurealis #8 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser)
• "Makeover" (1993) in Terror Australis: The Best of Australian Horror (ed. Leigh Blackmore)
• "Kill Me Once" (1994) in Alien Shores : An Anthology of Australian Science Fiction (ed. Peter McNamara, Margaret Winch)
• "A Sky Full of Ravens" (1995) in She's Fantastical
• "Ice Harvest" (1995) in Aurealis #16 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser)
• "Chadriki Dance" (1998) in Tales of the Unanticipated, August 1998 (ed. Eric M. Heideman)
• "Habits of Empire" (1998) in Aurealis #20/21 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser)
• "Sisterchild" (1999) in Orb Speculative Fiction #0 (ed. Sarah Endacott)
• "The Woman of Endor" (2001) in Orb Speculative Fiction #2 (ed. Sarah Endacott)
• "Life and a Chance" (2001) in Tales of the Unanticipated #22 (ed. Eric M. Heideman)
• "Amy's Stars" (2003) in Orb Speculative Fiction #5 (ed. Eric M. Heideman)
• "Catbones" (2003) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #5 (ed. Danuta Shaw)
• "Witness of Blood" (2003) in Agog! Terrific Tales (ed. Cat Sparks)
• "Doing Shadow Time" (2003) in Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural (ed. Bill Congreve)
• "Dog Years" (2004) in Aurealis #32 (ed. Keith Stevenson
• "Mary Bennet Goes Postal" (2005) in Tales of the Unanticipated #26 (ed. Eric M. Heideman)
• "Daughter of the Red Cranes" (2006) in Agog! Ripping Reads (ed. Cat Sparks)
• "Mary Bennet Gets a Life" (2006) in Borderlands #7
• "The Sun People" (2007) Shiny (magazine) #2 (ed. Alisa Krasnostein)
• "Heartsblood" (2008) in Tales of the Unanticipated #29 (ed. Eric M. Heideman)
• "I Can Run Faster" (2008) in Aurealis #41 (ed. Stuart Mayne)
• "Paper Dragons" Shiny August 2008
• "Candle to the Devil" [New Ceres Nights} 2009

Articles

• Dogs Who Are Wolves (1998) in School Magazine
• Worldcon (2000) in Write Away Magazine (Fremantle Arts Centre)
• The Wolf Girls (2001) in School Magazine
• Roleplaying for Authors (2001) in Write Away Magazine
• Why Science Fiction Isn’t Scary (2002) in Write Away Magazine
• Kept by Rats (2002) in Pets, Vets and People
• A Person, More or Less Wicked (2003 in Fables and Reflections Easter 2003

Awards and nominations

Aurealis Awards^[1]

• Best fantasy short story
  • 2001: Win: "The Woman of Endor"
• Best horror short story
  • 2003: Nomination: "Amy's Stars"
• Best science fiction short story
  • 2003: Nomination: "Amy's Stars"

Ditmar Awards^[1]

• Best short fiction
  • 1996: Nomination: "A Sky Full of Ravens"
• Best short story
  • 2008: Nomination: "The Sun People"

References

External links

• Sue Isle at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database