Catherine Fisher

Catherine Fisher (born 1957) is a Welsh writer, broadcaster and adjudicator who lives in Newport. Her former jobs include working as a primary school teacher and archaeologist. She also taught Writing for Children at the University of Glamorgan.

She began writing poetry and wrote poems that were published in several anthologies. She also published three collections of poetry with Seren Publishing. The collection Immrama won the Welsh Arts Council Young Writers Prize and she also won the Cardiff International Poetry Competition; both in 1989. Since the late 1980s she has written children's fantasy. Her nineteen novels have been translated into seventeen languages and many of her novels have won or been shortlisted for literary awards.

Works

Poetry

• Immrama (1988)
• The Unexplored Ocean (1994)
• Altered States (1999)

Prose

• The Conjuror's Game (1990)
• Fintan's Tower (1991)
• Saint Tarvel's Bell (1992)
• The Snow-Walker trilogy:
  • The Snow-Walker's Son (1993)
  • The Empty Hand (1995)
  • The Soul Thieves (1996)
• The Candle Man (1994.)
• The Hare And Other Stories (1994)
• Belin's Hill (1997)
• The Book of the Crow series: (US title: Relic Master series)
  • The Relic Master (1998) (US title: The Dark City) (2011)
  • The Interrex (1999) (US title: The Lost Heiress) (2011)
  • Flain's Coronet (2000) (US title: The Hidden Coronet) (2011)
  • The Margrave (2001) (US title: The Margrave) (2011)
• The Lammas Field (1999)
• Darkwater Hall (2000)
• Corbenic (2002)
• The Oracle trilogy:
  • The Oracle (US title: The Oracle Betrayed) (2003)
  • The Archon (US title: The Sphere of Secrets) (2004)
  • The Scarab (US title: Day of the Scarab) (2005)
• Darkhenge (2005)
• The Weather Dress (2005)
• Incarceron series
  • Incarceron (January 2010) (2007 in UK)
  • Sapphique (December 2010) (8 UK)
• Crown of Acorns (May 2010)
• Chronoptika series^[1]
  • Obsidian Mirror (2012)
  • The Box of Red Brocade (2013)
  • The Door in the Moon (2015)
  • The Speed of Darkness (2016)

Awards and nominations

• 1995, The Candle Man won Best English-Language Book at the Tir na n-Og Awards^[2]
• 2003, The Oracle shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book Award^[3]
• 2003, The Oracle nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers^[4]
• 2007, Corbenic won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature^[5]

References

• Pollinger Limited page on Catherine (accessed 24 August 2006).

External links

• Official website
• Catherine Fisher at the Writers of Wales Database, Literature Wales
• Catherine Fisher at Fantastic Fiction
• Catherine Fisher profile at BBC Wales
• Catherine Fisher at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Catherine Fisher at Library of Congress Authorities, with 22 catalogue records