Catherine Fisher | |
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Born | 1957 (age 66–67) Newport, Wales |
Occupation | Author |
Nationality | Welsh |
Period | 1990-present |
Genre | Young adult, science-fiction, fantasy |
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Catherine Fisher (born 1957) is a poet and novelist for children and Young Adults. Best known for her internationally bestselling novel Incarceron and its sequel, Sapphique, she has published over 40 novels and 5 volumes of poetry. She has worked as an archaeologist, as a school and university teacher, is an experienced broadcaster and adjudicator and has taught at the Arvon Foundation and Ty Newydd Writers' Centres. She lives in Wales, UK. [1]
Fisher was born in Newport, Gwent, Wales. She graduated from the University of Wales with a degree in English Literature and Education. [1]
Catherine Fisher has worked as a primary-school teacher and as an archaeologist. She also taught writing for children at the University of South Wales. She has been a full-time writer of fiction and poetry since 2002. [1]
POETRY.
Fisher has published four poetry collections with Seren Books: Immrama (1988), The Unexplored Ocean (c. 1994), Altered States (1999) and The Bramble King (2019). [2] She has also published a pamphlet, Folklore (2003), with Smith/Doorstop Books, and many poems in magazines and anthologies, including Poetry Wales, Poetry Now, The Poetry Review and the Forward Book of Poetry. [3] The collection Immrama won the Welsh Arts Council Young Writers' Prize in 1989. She won the Cardiff International Poetry Competition in the same year with her poem 'Marginalia'.
FICTION
Since the late 1980s, Fisher has been writing children's fantasy, both Young Adult and Middle Grade. These novels have been translated into over 30 languages, and many of her works have won or been shortlisted for literary awards.[ citation needed ] She has twice won the Welsh Books Council Tir na n'Og prize for fiction in English, with The Candle Man (2000) and The Clockwork Crow (2015). Her young adult fantasies Incarceron and Sapphique were New York Times bestsellers and Times Book of the Year. The Oracle, the first volume of a trilogy mixing Egyptian and Greek myth, was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize. The Clockwork Crow, first of an acclaimed trilogy for middle grade, an enchanting reworking of Welsh fairylore and Victorian Gothic,was shortlisted for the Blue Peter Prize. Fisher's work mixes myth, legend and folktale, with vibrant characters and language that is precise and evocative. She has written several well-received re-tellings of Welsh myth and legend, including The Cat With Iron Claws, and Culhwch and Olwen.
Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
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1996 | The Candle Man | Tir na n-Og Award for Best English-Language Book | Winner | [4] |
2003 | The Oracle | Whitbread Children's Book Award | Shortlist | [5] |
2003 | The Oracle | Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers | Nominee | [6] |
2007 | Corbenic | Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature | Winner | [7] |
2011 | Incarceron | Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature | Finalist | [8] |
2019 | The Clockwork Crow | Blue Peter Book Award | Nominee | [9] |
2019 | The Clockwork Crow | Tir na n-Og Award for Best English-Language Book | Winner | [10] |
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The Clockwork Crow series
Short Stories.
The Red Gloves and Other Stories (2021) Firefly Press. ISBN 9781913102685
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