Tansy Rayner Roberts (born 22 May 1978) is an

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fantasy writer. Her short stories have been published in a variety of genre magazines, including ''

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''. She also writes crime fiction as Livia Day.

Biography

Born in

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, she holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons), and completed a PhD in Classics in 2007, both from the

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. She currently lives with her husband and two children in Tasmania.

Work

In 1998, Roberts won the inaugural George Turner Prize for ''Splashdance Silver'' (1998, Bantam). A sequel, ''Liquid Gold'', and the chapbook novelette ''Hobgoblin Boots'' are also both set in the comic fantasy world of 'Mocklore.' The books have subsequently been republished in ebook by FableCroft Publishing, with a third novel in the series, ''Ink Black Magic'', also being published by FableCroft Publishing in 2013. ''Ink Black Magic'' was shortlisted for the Best Fantasy Novel category of the 2013 Australian

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. In 2007 her children's novel, ''Seacastle,'' was published by

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. ''Seacastle'' is the first book in the seven-part children's book series, "The Lost Shimmaron". Each book in the Lost Shimmaron series was written by a different author. In May 2010 ''Power and Majesty'', Book One of the "Creature Court trilogy", was published by HarperCollins Voyager. Roberts has described the "Creature Court trilogy" as a combination of two fantasy subgenres: court fantasy and urban fantasy.Galaxy Books Interview
Spotlight on Tansy Rayner Roberts. Roberts was one of the founding members of ''

'' and edited issues 9 in 2003 and issue 23 in 2006. She also co-edited ''AustrAlien Absurdities'' ( Agog! Press) with

Chuck McKenzie Chuck McKenzie is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Biography McKenzie was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1970. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Writing & Literature from Deakin University. McKenzie's varied work histor ...

, an anthology of humorous Australian speculative fiction in 2002 and is co-editor for the forthcoming ''Cranky Ladies of History'' anthology (FableCroft Publishing). In 2010, Roberts won the

WSFA Small Press Award The WSFA Small Press Award was inaugurated by the Washington Science Fiction Association in 2007. The award is open to works of imaginative literature (e.g. science fiction, fantasy, horror) published in English for the first time in the previous ...

for her novella ''Siren Beat ''(2009, Twelfth Planet Press)''.'' ''Siren Beat'' was also nominated for the Australian Aurealis Awards for Best fantasy Short Story.Aurealis Awards
, List of 2009 finalists. Roberts won the WSFA Small Press Award again in 2012 for "The Patrician" from her short story collection ''Love and Romanpunk'', volume 2 (2011, Twelfth Planet Press). In 2013, Roberts was elected Overseas Director for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America ( SFWA). In 2012, 2013 and 2014, Roberts was nominated for the

Hugo Award for Best Fancast The Hugo Award for Best Fancast is one of the Hugo Awards, and is awarded to the best non-professional audio or video periodical devoted to science fiction, fantasy, or related subjects. The Hugo Awards have been described as "a fine showcase for ...

with Galactic Suburbia, as well as for Verity! podcast in 2014. She is a co-host on both Galactic Suburbia and Verity!. She won the

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 ...

in 2013. In 2015 she won the Ditmar Award for Best Fan Writer. Roberts cites writers

Anne Bishop Anne Bishop is an American fantasy writer. Her most noted work is the Black Jewels series. She won the Crawford Award in 2000 for the first three Black Jewels books, sometimes called the Black Jewels trilogy: ''Daughter of the Blood'', ''Heir ...

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Laurell K. Hamilton Laurell Kaye Hamilton (born February 19, 1963) is an American fantasy and romance writer. She is best known as the author of two series of stories. Her The New York Times Best Seller list, ''New York Times''-bestselling ''Anita Blake: Vampire H ...

Robert B. Parker Robert Brown Parker (September 17, 1932 – January 18, 2010) was an American writer, primarily of fiction within the mystery/detective genre. His most famous works were the 40 novels written about the fictional private detective Spenser. AB ...

Nancy Mitford Nancy Freeman-Mitford (28 November 1904 – 30 June 1973), known as Nancy Mitford, was an English novelist, biographer, and journalist. The eldest of the Mitford sisters, she was regarded as one of the "bright young things" on the London s ...

F. Scott Fitzgerald Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age—a term he popularize ...

and

Ovid Pūblius Ovidius Nāsō (; 20 March 43 BC – 17/18 AD), known in English as Ovid ( ), was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a contemporary of the older Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the th ...

as influences on her writing.

Awards

* 2015 Ditmar Award Best Fan Writer * 2014 William Atheling Jr. Award (tie): ''Galactic Suburbia Episode 87: Saga Spoilerific Book Club'' (with Alisa Krasnostein & Alex Pierce) * 2014 William Atheling Jr. Award (tie): "New Who in Conversation" series (with David McDonald & Tehani Wessely) Finalist 2014 Ditmar Award Best Short Story: "Cold White Daughter", ''One Small Step'' (FableCroft Publishing). Finalist 2014 Ditmar Award Best Fan Publication in any medium: ''Galactic Suburbia'' (with Alisa Krasnostein & Alex Pierce) * 2013

* 2013

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 ...

Best Fan Writer: body of work including reviews in Not If You Were The Last Short Story on Earth * 2013 William Atheling Jr. Award: "Historically Authentic Sexism in Fantasy. Let's Unpack That" (Tor.com) * 2012

: "The Patrician", ''Love and Romanpunk'' (Twelfth Planet Press) * 2012 Ditmar Award Best Short Story: "The Patrician", ''Love and Romanpunk'' (Twelfth Planet Press) * 2011 Ditmar Award Best Novel: ''Power and Majesty'' (HarperVoyager) * 2011 Ditmar Award Best Fan Publication in any medium: ''Galactic Suburbia'' podcast (with Alisa Krasnostein and Alex Pierce) * 2011 Ditmar Award Best Achievement: Snapshot 2010 (with Alisa Krasnostein, Kathryn Linge, Rachel Holkner, Alexandra Pierce, and Tehani Wessely) * 2011 William Athleing Jr. Award: "A Modern Woman’s Guide to Classic Who" * 2010

: "Siren Beat" (Twelfth Planet Press) * 2010 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel: ''Power and Majesty'' (HarperVoyager) * 2008 Ditmar Award Best Fan Production: 2007 Snap Shot Project - interviews with influential members of the Australian speculative fiction scene (with Alisa Krasnostein, Ben Payne, Alexandra Pierce, Katherine Linge, Kaaron Warren & Rosie Clark) * 2008 Ditmar Award Best Fanzine: ''Not If You Were the Last Short Story on Earth'' (with Alisa Krasnostein, Ben Payne & Alexandra Pierce)

Published fiction

Novels and longer works

*''Splashdance Silver'' (1998), Bantam **Reprinted in ebook in 2013 by FableCroft Publishing *''Liquid Gold'' (1999), Bantam **Reprinted in ebook in 2013 by FableCroft Publishing *''Hobgoblin Boots'' (2004), Scrybe Press *''Seacastle'' (2007), Book 1 of ''The Lost Shimmaron'' series,

*"Siren Beat" (2010), Twelfth Planet Press *''Power and Majesty'' (2010), Book 1 of Creature Court,

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*''The Shattered City'' (2011), Book 2 of Creature Court, Harper Voyager *''Love and Romanpunk'' (2011), Twelfth Planet Pres *''Reign of Beasts'' (2012), Book 3 of Creature Court, Harper Voyager *''Ink Black Magic'' (2013), FableCroft Publishing *''Musketeer Space'' (2014-), web serial

Short fiction

*''Cookie Cutter Superhero'' (2014), ''Kaleidoscope'', eds. Alisa Krasnostein &

Julia Rios Julia Rios is an American writer, editor, podcaster, and narrator. Biography Born in the United States, Rios is partly of Mexican descent. They have won a number of awards for their work in Science Fiction and Fantasy and has even more nominati ...

, Twelfth Planet Press *''Of War and Wings'' (2014), ''Clockwork Universe: Steampunk vs. Aliens'', eds. Patricia Bray & Joshua Palmatier, Zombies Need Brains LLC *''The Minotaur Girls'' (2013), ''Glitter and Mayhem'', eds. John Klima, Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas,

Apex Publications ''Apex Magazine'', also previously known as ''Apex Digest'', is an American horror and science fiction magazine. This subscription webzine, ''Apex Magazine'', contains short fiction, reviews, and interviews. It has been nominated for several awa ...

*''Cold White Daughter'' (2013), ''One Small Step'', ed. Tehani Wessely, FableCroft Publishing *''The Raven and her Victory'' (2013), ''Where Thy Dark Eye Glances: Queering Edgar Allan Poe'', ed.

Steve Berman Steve Berman is an American editor, novelist and short story writer. He writes in the field of queer speculative fiction. Biography Berman was born on August 28 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in southern New Jersey. Berman realized i ...

Lethe Press Lethe Press is an American book publishing company based in Maple Shade, New Jersey.Ticonderoga Publications Ticonderoga Publications is an Australian independent publishing house founded by Russell B. Farr in 1996 and now run by Farr and Liz Grzyb. The publisher specializes in collections of science fiction short stories. History and current Tico ...

**Reprinted in ''Apex Magazine'' (2013) *''Last of the Romanpunks'' (2011), ''Love and Romanpunk'', Twelfth Planet Press *''Relentless Adaptations'' (2010), ''Sprawl'', ed. Alisa Krasnostein, Twelfth Planet Press *''Nine Times'' (2010), ''Worlds Next Door'', ed. Tehani Wessely, FableCroft Publishing *''Like Us'' (2009), Shiny, #5, Twelfth Planet Press *''Prosperine When it Sizzles'' (2009), ''New Ceres Nights'', eds. Alisa Krasnostein & Tehani Wessely, Twelfth Planet Press *''Fleshy'' (2008), ''2012'', eds. Alisa Krasnostein & Ben Payne, Twelfth Planet Press *''The Scent of Milk'' (2007), ''

'', #38/39 *''The Pastimes of Aunties'' (2007), ''Fantastic Journeys to Brisbane'' *''The Bluebell Vengeance'' (2007),

, #28 *''Lucky Tart'' (2006), Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, #26 *''Scandal at the Feast of Saturn'' (2006), ''New Ceres'', #1, Twelfth Planet Press *''Rosebuds'' (2006), In ''Agog! Ripping Reads'', ed.

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, Agog! Press *''Fruit and Mirrors'' (2006),

, #36, Chimaera Publications *''Holding out for a Hero'' (2006),

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, ed. Nicole R. Murphy, Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild *''Delta Void and the Stray God'' (2005), Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, #16 *''Garments of the Dead'' (2004), ''Aurealis'' #32 *''Memo for Flight Attendants'' (2003), Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, #7 *''Fairy Tale Blues'' (2002), Potato Monkey, #2 *''Somewhere Over the Looking Glass'' (2002), Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, #4 *''Immortality Crack’d'' (2002), Twilight Times, #18 *''Swansong'' (2002), Fiction Inferno, August *''Cendrillon and the Chromium Prince'' (2002), In '' Machinations: An Anthology of Ingenious Designs'', ed. Chris Andrews, Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild *''Delta Void and the Clockwork Man'' (2002), In ''Agog! Fantastic Fiction'', ed.

, Agog! Press 2002 *''Fairy Godmother Express'' (2002), ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'', #1 **Reprinted in ''Eotu Ezine'' (November 2003) **Reprinted in ''Best of ASIM Fantasy'' (June 2007) *''Delta Void and the Unicorn Soup'' (2002), in ''AustrAlien Absurdities'', eds.

and Tansy Rayner Roberts, Agog! Press *''Faces of the Elit'' (2001), Twilight Times, #14 *''Black Holes'' (2001), ''Eotu Ezine'', v2 #4 *''Sold my soul to the devil, mum'' (2001), Writer's Radio, July, 5UV Adelaide *''Tasting, the Alien'' (2001), Writer's Radio, June, 5UV Adelaide *''Pygmalion's Flesh'' (2001), Antipodean Sci-Fi, #35 *''Romancing the WWW'' (1999), '' Orb'' #0 *''The Glamoured Girl'' (1999), Harbinger #4 *''Once Upon a Literal Legend'' (1999), Harbinger #2 *''Manipulation'' (1998), Under Magellanic Clouds, #4

Published non-fiction

*''50 Roman Mistresses: Scandal, Virtue and Womanhood in Ancient Rome'' (2014), FableCroft Publishing *''Rereading the Empire trilogy'' (2014),

Tor.com ''Tor.com'' is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine published by Tor Books, a division of Macmillan Publishers. The magazine publishes articles, reviews, original short fiction, re-reads and commentary on speculative fiction. From 20 ...

*''The Main Character in Their Own Lives: Does Diversity Make YA SF/F Better?'' (2013), Tor.com *''Fantasy Art, Fishnets, and Red Sonja's Chainmail Bikini''

(2013), ''

Apex Magazine ''Apex Magazine'', also previously known as ''Apex Digest'', is an American horror and science fiction magazine. This subscription webzine, ''Apex Magazine'', contains short fiction, reviews, and interviews. It has been nominated for several awa ...

'', #51 *''Historically Authentic Sexism in Fantasy. Let’s Unpack That.'' (2012), Tor.com *''The Ultimate Sixth'' (2012), ''Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who'', eds. Deborah Stanish & L.M. Myles,

Mad Norwegian Press Mad Norwegian Press is an American publisher of science-fiction guides and novels. The company has worked with authors such as Harlan Ellison, Peter David, Diana Gabaldon, Tanya Huff, Emma Bull, Elizabeth Bear, Mary Robinette Kowal, Seanan McGu ...

*''The Australian Dark Weird' (2011), ''Apex Magazine'', #30

References

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