Isobelle Carmody is Australia’s most highly acclaimed author of fantasy titles for older readers. She began her first book, Obernewtyn, when she was fourteen and since then she has written some of our greatest works of fantasy. She is perhaps best known for her Obernewtyn Chronicles and for her novel The Gathering (joint winner of the 1993 Children’s Literature Peace Prize and the 1994 CBC Book of the Year Award). Another of her novels, Greylands, was joint winner of the 1997 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction – Young Adult Division, and was named a White Raven at the 1998 Bologna Children’s Book Fair. She has also written many short stories for both children and adults.
Isobelle’s penulimate book in the award-winning Obernewtyn series – The Sending – will be published in September 2011. Her first book in a new series for younger readers – The Red Wind – was published in 2010
Isobelle divides her time between Prague in the Czech Republic and her home on the Great Ocean Road in Australia.
Isobelle is looking forward to meeting her fans in Brisbane, November 5th and 6th, 11am to 5pm (breaks aside) and signing her books for fans. Isobelle will also be launching her latest novel, The Sending, from the Wrestling Ring at 1.00pm on Saturday and conducting a free MasterClass during Opening Night, Friday 4th November.
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