Susan Parisi

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Susan Parisi
Born1958
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
NationalityCanadian-Australian
Genre Horror fiction
Notable awardsAurealis Award
Horror division
2007 Blood of Dreams

Susan Parisi (born 1958) [1] is a Canadian-Australian author of horror fiction. Her debut novel Blood of Dreams won the 2007 Aurealis Award for best horror novel. [2]

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Biography

Susan Parisi was born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1958. [1] As a teenager, she moved to Australia with her family because her father was on the run from the law. [3]

Parisi completed postgraduate studies in psychology and has been employed in occupational psychology and university administration. [3]

Currently residing in Sydney, Parisi is married to an Italian-Australian man. [3] She has a passion for Italian culture and frequently travels to Italy. [4]

Parisi is a dual Canadian-Australian citizen. [3]

Works

In 2007, Parisi's debut novel Blood of Dreams was released by Viking. [5] A murder-mystery set in 18th-century Venice during Carnevale, it involves a killer who stalks his victims' dreams and a woman who must confront her past in order to stop him. [6]

Blood of Dreams was awarded the 2007 Aurealis Award for best horror novel and was a short-list nominee for the 2008 Arthur Ellis Award for best first novel. [7]

Parisi is working her second novel Mosaic, a conspiracy-thriller set in Rome and Palermo. [4]

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 "A Celebration of Women Writers: AUSTRALIA". digital.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  2. ↑ ""Aurealis Awards 2008"". SFADB. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Susan Parisi". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  4. 1 2 Productions, Alessandro Sorbello (7 April 2008). "Susan Parisi". The Official Italian Week Celebrations. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  5. ↑ Austlit. "Blood of Dreams". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Blood of Dreams | Penguin Books Australia". penguin.com.au. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "aurealis awards, previous years' results" (PDF). Aurealis Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2009.
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