Rowena Cory Daniells | |
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| Born | 1958 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Other names | Rowena Cory, R. C. Daniells, Rowena Cory Daniells, Rowena Cory Lindquist, R. C. Lindquist, Rowena Lindquist; Cory Daniells |
Rowena Cory Daniells (born 1958), is an Australian children's writer who also publishes science fiction and fantasy novels and novellas.
Rowena Lindquist, writes under a number of variations of her name but most as Rowena Cory Daniells. She is from Brisbane where she lives with her husband and children. She has written 26 children's books as well as a number of novels and other works. Daniells has been translated into French, German, Italian and Korean. Daniells co-founded Vision Writers with Marianne de Pierres in 1996 as well as being part of the committees for two of Australia's genre awards and being part of the Queensland Writers Centre, the Brisbane Writers Festival and Fantastic Queensland. [1] [2] [3]
Daniells has won the Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story for The Giant’s Lady which was published in the David Gemmell ‘Legends 2’ anthology. [4] Daniells was awarded the Peter McNamara Achievement Award for services to the speculative fiction genre in 2016. [5] [6]
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