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Tuesday, 03 August 2010
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Nicole Murphy is one of the first names I knew when I first started working with the industry some years ago, and her love for spec fic is clear with all the work she's done.
She's been an editor for various publications, worked with CSFG, Conflux, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine and AussieCon 4. She's a member of the Fantasy Writer's on Retreat, with Trudi Canavan, Russell Kirkpatrick, Matthew Farrer, Cat Sparks, Donna Hanson and Kylie Seluka.
This year sees her debut novel with HarperCollins, an urban fantasy trilogy called Dreams of Asarlai, starting with Secret Ones.
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 Nyssa What do you do?
Granny: I’m an aged alter-ego, my job is to drink lots of alcohol, sleep, and say what I think. I’m 110, after all.
Sharyn: Yeah, Granny, she was talking to me, you know, the one of us who actually does stuff.
G: Pfft, like what?
S: Like write; edit; publish; raise seven kids; you know – actual work. I do realise you are unfamiliar with the word.
G: You make that sound like a bad thing?
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Kate Forsyth is one of Australia's best talents without question. Over 23 books, crossing all age boundaries, her works are a brilliant mix of history, myth and fantasy bringing adventure and magic to all readers. Her latest work is Wildkin's Curse, sequel to The Starthorn Tree.
Her website is here.
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 Natalie Maddalena Simon Petrie is the author of Rare Unsigned Copy: tales of Rocketry, Ineptitude, and Giant Mutant Vegetables. It has received some very nice reviews:
“Probably the best collection of mostly-humorous short speculative fiction by a New-Zealand-born Australian writer resident in Canberra to have been published during March 2010.” — Not the Author’s Mother
I asked him a few questions about the writing and publishing process.
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 Nyssa What do you do?
By day I’m a mild-mannered office clerk, but by night I’m the superhero known only as... wait, I shouldn’t be telling you this.
I’m actually a martial arts instructor, personal trainer and writer. I’ve always loved and... |
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