Alex Isle

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 young adult (YA) audiences.

In 2014 Isle changed his name from Susan to Alex to reflect a gender identity change and adopted the male pronouns. Publications before 2014 are under the name Sue Isle.[1]

Isle's books include the 1996 YA novel Scale of Dragon, Tooth of Wolf,[2] 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, "Nightsiders", published in 2011.[3] Isle has sold numerous stories to publications such as Aurealis, Orb, ASIM, Agog, Sword and Sorceress, Tales of the Unanticipated [USA] and 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 #1 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser)
  • "The Last Guardian" (1990) in Glass Reptile Breakout and other Australian Speculative Stories (ed. Van Ikin)
  • "Remembering Names" (1991) in Aurealis #4 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser)
  • "A Sprig of Aconite" (1992) in Intimate Armageddons (ed. Bill Congreve)
  • "Daybreak" (1992) in Aurealis #8 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser)
  • "Makeover" (1993) in Terror Australis: The Best of Australian Horror (ed. Leigh Blackmore)
  • "Kill Me Once" (1994) in Alien Shores : An Anthology of Australian Science Fiction (ed. Peter McNamara, Margaret Winch)
  • "A Sky Full of Ravens" (1995) in She's Fantastical
  • "Ice Harvest" (1995) in Aurealis #16 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser)
  • "Chadriki Dance" (1998) in Tales of the Unanticipated, August 1998 (ed. Eric M. Heideman)
  • "Habits of Empire" (1998) in Aurealis #20/21 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser)
  • "Sisterchild" (1999) in Orb Speculative Fiction #0 (ed. Sarah Endacott)
  • "The Woman of Endor" (2001) in Orb Speculative Fiction #2 (ed. Sarah Endacott)
  • "Life and a Chance" (2001) in Tales of the Unanticipated #22 (ed. Eric M. Heideman)
  • "Amy's Stars" (2003) in Orb Speculative Fiction #5 (ed. Sarah Endacott)
  • "Catbones" (2003) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #5 (ed. Danuta Shaw)
  • "Witness of Blood" (2003) in Agog! Terrific Tales (ed. Cat Sparks)
  • "Doing Shadow Time" (2003) in Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural (ed. Bill Congreve)
  • "Dog Years" (2004) in Aurealis #32 (ed. Keith Stevenson
  • "Mary Bennet Goes Postal" (2005) in Tales of the Unanticipated #26 (ed. Eric M. Heideman)
  • "Daughter of the Red Cranes" (2006) in Agog! Ripping Reads (ed. Cat Sparks)
  • "Mary Bennet Gets a Life" (2006) in Borderlands #7
  • "The Sun People" (2007) Shiny (magazine) #2 (ed. Alisa Krasnostein)
  • "Heartsblood" (2008) in Tales of the Unanticipated #29 (ed. Eric M. Heideman)
  • "I Can Run Faster" (2008) in Aurealis #41 (ed. Stuart Mayne)
  • "Paper Dragons" Shiny August 2008
  • "Candle to the Devil" [New Ceres Nights} 2009 Twelfth Planet Press
  • "Nightsiders" [collection of short fiction by Sue Isle] 2011 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)[4]

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[5]

Ditmar Awards[5]

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References

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