Catherine Fisher

Catherine Fisher (born 1957) is a Welsh poet and children's novelist who writes in English. She has also worked as a school and university teacher. She lives in the city of Newport, Wales.

Work experience
Fisher's former jobs include working as a primary school teacher and as an archaeologist. She also taught writing for children at the University of Glamorgan.

Writing
When Fisher began writing poetry, she had several poems published in anthologies before three collections of her work appeared with Seren Publishing. The collection Immrama won the Welsh Arts Council Young Writers' Prize in 1989. She won the Cardiff International Poetry Competition in the same year.

Since the late 1980s she has been writing children's fantasy. Her novels have been translated into 17 languages, and many of her works have won or been shortlisted for literary awards.

Bibliography

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
Obsidian Mirror (2012)
The Box of Red Brocade (US title: Slanted Worlds, 2013)
The Door in the Moon (2015)
The Speed of Darkness (2016)
The Clockwork Crow (2018)

Awards and nominations
1995, The Candle Man won Best English-Language Book at the Tir na n-Og Awards
2003, The Oracle shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book Award
2003, The Oracle nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers
2007, Corbenic won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature
2019, The Clockwork Crow nominated for Blue Peter Book Award, won the English-language Tir na n-Og Award

References

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

External links

Catherine Fisher at Fantastic Fiction
Catherine Fisher profile at BBC Wales

Category:Welsh children's writers
Category:Welsh fantasy writers
Category:Welsh women writers
Category:Academics of the University of Glamorgan
Category:People from Newport, Wales
Category:Living people
Category:1957 births
Category:Date of birth missing (living people)
Category:Women science fiction and fantasy writers
Category:Welsh women poets