Foz Meadows is an Australian fantasy novelist, blogger and poet.

Work

An essayist, blogger and reviewer, Meadows has written for ''

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''. Meadows is a novelist working in young adult fantasy. Their novels, blog writing, and other essays have been nominated for significant genre awards such as the Hugo Award and the

Ditmar Award The Ditmar Award (formally the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Award; formerly the "Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award") has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention (the "Natcon") to recognise a ...

Personal life

Raised on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Meadows has lived across Australia, including

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

and Sydney, and the UK, including

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and

Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...

. Meadows is genderqueer and married to philosophy lecturer Toby Meadows. They have one son, born while living in the UK and they now live in

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...

. Meadows is bisexual. In 2015, they came out as genderqueer.

Awards

*2014, 2017 & 2018 Nomination for

Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer The Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer is the Hugo Award given each year for writers of works related to science fiction or fantasy which appeared in low- or non-paying publications such as semiprozines or fanzines or in generally available electroni ...

*2014 & 2016 Nomination for

for Best Fan Writer *2017 Ditmar Award winner for Best Fan Writer *2017

Bisexual Book Awards The Bisexual Book Awards are an annual literary award program, presented by the Bi Writers Association to honour the year's best works of literature addressing themes of bisexuality. The awards were presented for the first time in 2013. Awards are ...

Finalist for An Accident of Stars *2018 Norma K Hemming Award (Short Fiction) Winner for "Coral Bones" *2019

Bibliography

Poetry

*Scales of Time – Phantazein, edited by Tehani Wessely, FableCroft Publishing, October 2014 *Silence – Goblin Fruit, Summer 2012 *Conversation – Cordite Poetry Review no. 27, March 2008

Novels

*''A Strange and Stubborn Endurance'', Tor, July 2022 *''A Tyranny of Queens'' (Book 2 of the Manifold Worlds series), Angry Robot, May 2017 *''An Accident of Stars'' (Book 1 of the Manifold Worlds), Angry Robot, August 2016 *''The Key to Starveldt'' (The Rare: Book 2) - Ford Street Publishing, October 2011 *''Solace & Grief'' (The Rare: Book 1) - Ford Street Publishing, March 2010

Stories/novellas

*"Curiosity" - ''Holdfast Anthology'' Issues 5-8, edited by Laurel Sills and Lucy Smee, July 2017 *"The Song of Savi" - ''The Fantasist Magazine'': Issue 3, edited by Will Waller and Evan Adams, June 2017 *"Mnemosyne" - ''The Fantasist Magazine'': Issue 3, edited by Will Waller and Evan Adams, June 2017 *"Letters Sweet as Honey" - ''The Fantasist Magazine'': Issue 3, edited by Will Waller and Evan Adams, June 2017 *"Coral Bones" – ''Monstrous Little Voices'', Rebellion Publishing, March 2016 *"Bright Moon" – ''Cranky Ladies of History'', edited by Tehani Wessely and Tansy Rayner Roberts, FableCroft Publishing, March 2015 *"Ten Days Grace" – ''

'': Issue 63, edited by Sigrid Ellis, 4 August 2014 *"Needs Must" – ''Sincere Forms of Flattery'', edited by Olivia Hambrett and Sandi Sieger, O+S Publishing, June 2013

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Meadows, Foz Australian women novelists Living people 1980s births Australian LGBT poets Australian women poets Australian women short story writers 21st-century Australian novelists 21st-century Australian short story writers 21st-century Australian poets 21st-century Australian women writers Australian women bloggers People with non-binary gender identities Non-binary writers Bisexual writers Australian LGBT novelists Bisexual non-binary people Hugo Award-winning fan writers