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

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