Catherine Fisher

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Personal life

Fisher was born in Newport, Gwent, Wales. She graduated from the University of Wales with a degree in English Literature and Education.[1]

Work experience

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]

Writing

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.[2] 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.

In addition to her writing for children, Fisher has published four poetry collections with Seren Books: Immrama (1988), The Unexplored Ocean (c. 1994), Altered States (1999) and The Bramble King (2019).[3] 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.[4] 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'.

Awards and honors

Awards for Fisher's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
1996 Template:Sort Tir na n-Og Award for Best English-Language Book Winner [5]
2003 Template:Sort Whitbread Children's Book Award Shortlist [6]
2003 Template:Sort Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers Nominee [7]
2007 Corbenic Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature Winner [8]
2011 Incarceron Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature Finalist [9]
2019 Template:Sort Blue Peter Book Award Nominee [10]
2019 Template:Sort Tir na n-Og Award for Best English-Language Book Winner [11]

Publications

Poetry

Prose

Standalone books

The Conjuror's Game (1991) Red Fox Template:ISBN
Fintan's Tower (1992) Red Fox Template:ISBN
The Candle Man (1994) Red Fox Template:ISBN.
  • The Hare And Other Stories (1994) Pont books
  • Belin's Hill (1997) The Bodley Head Template:ISBN
Belin's Hill (1997) Red Fox Template:ISBN

The Snow-Walker trilogy

The Book of the Crow series

(US title: Relic Master series)

The Oracle trilogy

  • The Oracle Hodder Childrens 2003 Template:ISBN ' (US title: The Oracle Betrayed Greenwillow Books, 2003)
  • The Archon Hodder Childrens 2004 Template:ISBN (US title: The Sphere of Secrets Greenwillow Books, 2004)
  • The Scarab Hodder Childrens 2005 Template:ISBN(US title: Day of the Scarab, Greenwillow Books 2005)

Incarceron series

Chronoptika series

  • Obsidian Mirror (2012) Hodder Childrens Template:ISBN US Dial Penguin
  • The Box of Red Brocade (2013) Hodder Childrens Template:ISBN (US title: Slanted Worlds, 2013 Dial Penguin).
  • The Door in the Moon (2015) Hodder Childrens Template:ISBN (2016 US Dial Penguin)
  • The Speed of Darkness (2016) Hodder Childrens Template:ISBN

The Clockwork Crow series

  • The Clockwork Crow (2018) Firefly Press Template:ISBN
  • The Velvet Fox (2019) Firefly Press Template:ISBN
  • The Midnight Swan (2020) Firefly Press Template:ISBN
  • Re-tellings.
  • The Magic Thief (2010) Barrington Stoke.ISBN 9781842998212
  • The Cat with Iron Claws. (2012) Pont Books. ISBN 9781848513174
  • Culhwch and Olwen (2024) Graffeg Press ISBN 9781802586459

Short Stories.

The Red Gloves and Other Stories (2021) Firefly Press. ISBN 9781913102685

References

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External links

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  11. ↑ "Catherine Fisher wins the Tir na n-Og children's literature award with The Clockwork Crow" Welsh Books Council. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
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