Alex Isle is an Australian author. He writes both novels and short stories in the science fiction/fantasy genre, as well as books and articles of nonfiction, for both adult and

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(YA) audiences. In 2014 Isle changed his name from Susan to Alex to reflect a

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change and adopted the male pronouns. Publications before 2014 are under the name Sue Isle. Isle's books include the 1996 YA novel ''Scale of Dragon, Tooth of Wolf'', about a rebellious teen in an alternate-world 16th century joining a group of sorceresses, and nonfiction children's book ''Wolf Children : the real feral kids : an extraordinary story'' (1998), as well as a collection of post-apocalyptic stories set in

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

, "Nightsiders", published in 2011. Isle has sold numerous stories to publications such as ''Aurealis'', ''Orb'', ''ASIM'', ''Agog'', ''Sword and Sorceress'', ''Tales of the Unanticipated'' SAand Shiny, a YA fiction magazine. Isle's other interests include history, science fiction conventions, roleplay gaming, gardening and working out how best to turn his hometown into a post-apocalypse scenario.

Bibliography

Novels

*''Nightsiders'' (collection of theme fiction) (2011) *''Scale of Dragon, Tooth of Wolf'' (1996) *''Wolf Children'' (1998)

Short fiction

*"To Here the Midnight Fled" in ''Thyme Fiction 2''(1989?) *"Her Father's Daughter" (1990) in ''Sword And Sorceress VII'' (ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley) *"Nightwings" (1990) in ''

Aurealis ''Aurealis'' is an Australian speculative fiction magazine published by Chimaera Publications, and is Australia's longest running small-press science-fiction and fantasy magazine. The magazine is based in Melbourne. History and profile ''Aureali ...

'' #1 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser) *"The Last Guardian" (1990) in ''Glass Reptile Breakout and other Australian Speculative Stories'' (ed.

Van Ikin Van Ikin (born 25 November 1951) is an academic and science fiction writer and editor. A professor in English at the University of Western Australia, he retired from teaching in 2015 and is now a senior honorary research fellow. He has acted as ...

) *"Remembering Names" (1991) in ''

'' #4 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser) *"A Sprig of Aconite" (1992) in ''Intimate Armageddons'' (ed.

Bill Congreve Bill Congreve is an Australian writer, editor and reviewer of speculative fiction. He has also published the work of Australian science fiction and horror writers under his MirrorDanse imprint. Biography Congreve's first work was published in 1 ...

) *"Daybreak" (1992) in ''

'' #8 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser) *"Makeover" (1993) in '' Terror Australis: The Best of Australian Horror'' (ed.

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) *"Kill Me Once" (1994) in '' Alien Shores : An Anthology of Australian Science Fiction'' (ed.

Peter McNamara Peter McNamara (5 July 1955 – 20 July 2019) was an Australian tennis player and coach. McNamara won five singles titles and nineteen doubles titles in his career. A right-hander, McNamara reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 14 March ...

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) *" A Sky Full of Ravens" (1995) in ''

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'' *"Ice Harvest" (1995) in ''

'' #16 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser) *"Chadriki Dance" (1998) in ''

Tales of the Unanticipated ''Tales of the Unanticipated'', known as ''TOTU'', is a semiprozine that was founded under the auspices of the Minnesota Science Fiction Society (known as Mn-STF or Minn-STF), and has since become independent. Like contemporaries such as ''Cran ...

'', August 1998 (ed. Eric M. Heideman) *"Habits of Empire" (1998) in ''

'' #20/21 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser) *"Sisterchild" (1999) in ''

Orb Speculative Fiction Orb Publications is a publisher based in Ringwood, Victoria, Australia. The company currently publishes the speculative fiction magazine ''Orb Speculative Fiction''. History Orb Publications began publishing the ''Orb Speculative Fiction'' maga ...

'' #0 (ed.

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The Woman of Endor "The Woman of Endor" is a 2001 fantasy novelette by Sue Isle. Background "The Woman of Endor" was first published in 2001 in the second edition of the ''Orb Speculative Fiction'' magazine, edited by Sarah Endacott and published by Orb Publicatio ...

" (2001) in ''

'' #2 (ed. Sarah Endacott) *"Life and a Chance" (2001) in ''

'' #22 (ed. Eric M. Heideman) *"Amy's Stars" (2003) in ''

'' #5 (ed. Sarah Endacott) *"Catbones" (2003) in '' Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'', Issue #5 (ed. Danuta Shaw) *"Witness of Blood" (2003) in ''

Agog! Terrific Tales Agog! Press was an independent Australian book publisher, specializing in speculative fiction short story collections. Founded in 2002 by Cat Sparks, the press published nine anthologies of speculative fiction. In 2006 Agog! Press forged a ...

'' (ed.

Cat Sparks Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Sp ...

) *"Doing Shadow Time" (2003) in '' Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural'' (ed. Bill Congreve) *"Dog Years" (2004) in ''

'' #32 (ed. Keith Stevenson *"Mary Bennet Goes Postal" (2005) in ''

'' #26 (ed. Eric M. Heideman) *"Daughter of the Red Cranes" (2006) in ''

Agog! Ripping Reads Agog! Press was an independent Australian book publisher, specializing in speculative fiction short story collections. Founded in 2002 by Cat Sparks, the press published nine anthologies of speculative fiction. In 2006 Agog! Press forged a ...

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) *"Mary Bennet Gets a Life" (2006) in

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#7 *"The Sun People" (2007)

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) *"Heartsblood" (2008) in ''

'' #29 (ed. Eric M. Heideman) *"I Can Run Faster" (2008) in ''

'' #41 (ed. Stuart Mayne) *"Paper Dragons" Shiny August 2008 *"Candle to the Devil" ew Ceres Nights} 2009 Twelfth Planet Press *"Nightsiders" [collection of short fiction by Sue Isle2011 by Twelfth Planet Press *Mars Peacemaker" in Review of Australian Fiction (2013) *"The Kind Neighbours of Hell" (2014) in ''Use Only As Directed'' (ed. Simon Petrie, Edwina Harvey) Some of these stories may be found at: https://curiousfictions.com/authors/503-alex-isle

Articles

*Dogs Who Are Wolves (1998) in ''School Magazine'' Reprinted 2016. *Worldcon (2000) in ''Write Away Magazine'' (Fremantle Arts Centre) *The Wolf Girls (2001) in ''School Magazine'' *Roleplaying for Authors (2001) in ''Write Away Magazine'' *Why Science Fiction Isn't Scary (2002) in ''Write Away Magazine'' *Kept by Rats (2002) in ''Pets, Vets and People'' *A Person, More or Less Wicked (2003 in ''Fables and Reflections'' Easter 2003

Awards and nominations

Aurealis Awards * Best fantasy short story **2001: Win: "

" * Best horror short story **2003: Nomination: " Amy's Stars" * Best science fiction short story **2003: Nomination: " Amy's Stars" Ditmar Awards * Best short fiction **1996: Nomination: " A Sky Full of Ravens" * Best short story **2008: Nomination: "

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References

External links

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