Catherine Fisher

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

For other people named Catherine Fisher, see Catherine Fisher (disambiguation).

Catherine Fisher
Born1957 (age 65–66)
OccupationAuthor
NationalityWelsh

Work experience

Catherine Fisher has worked as a primary-school teacher and as an archaeologist. She also taught writing for children at the University of Glamorgan.

Writing

Fisher has published four poetry collections with Seren Books: Immrama (1988), The Unexplored Ocean (c. 1994), Altered States (1999) and The Bramble King (2019).[1] She has also published a pamphlet, Folklore (2003), with Smith/Doorstop Books, and many poems in magazines and anthologies.[2] The collection Immrama won the Welsh Arts Council Young Writers' Prize in 1989. She won the Cardiff International Poetry Competition in the same year with her poem 'Marginalia'.

Since the late 1980s, Fisher has been writing children's fantasy. Her novels of this kind have been translated into over 30 languages, and many of her works have won or been shortlisted for literary awards. She has twice won the Welsh Books Council Tir na n'Og prize for fiction in English, with The Candle Man (2000) and The Clockwork Crow (2015) Her young adult fantasies Incarceron and Sapphique were New York Times bestsellers and Times Book of the Year. The Oracle, the first volume of a trilogy mixing Egyptian and Greek myth, was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize. The Clockwork Crow, first of an acclaimed trilogy for middle grade, was shortlisted for the Blue Peter Prize. Fisher's work mixes myth, legend and folktale, with vibrant characters and language that is precise and evocative.

Awards and honors
Awards for Fisher's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
1996 The Candle Man Tir na n-Og Award for Best English-Language Book Winner [3]
2003 The Oracle Whitbread Children's Book Award Shortlist [4]
2003 The Oracle Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers Nominee [5]
2007 Corbenic Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature Winner [6]
2019 The Clockwork Crow Blue Peter Book Award Nominee [7]
2019 The Clockwork Crow Tir na n-Og Award for Best English-Language Book Winner [8]

Publications

Poetry
  • Immrama (1988) Seren Books
  • The Unexplored Ocean (1994)Seren Books
  • Altered States (1999) Seren Books
  • Folklore (2003) Seren Books
  • The Bramble King (2019) Seren Books.

Standalone books
  • The Conjuror's Game (1990) The Bodley Head
  • Fintan's Tower (1991) The Bodley Head
  • Saint Tarvel's Bell (1992)
  • The Candle Man (1994.)
  • The Hare And Other Stories (1994) Pont books
  • Belin's Hill (1997)
  • The Lammas Field (1999)
  • Darkwater Hall (2000)
  • Corbenic (2002)
  • Darkhenge (2005)
  • The Weather Dress (2005)
  • Crown of Acorns (May 2010)
  • The Clockwork Crow (2018)
  • The Velvet Fox (2019)
  • The Midnight Swan (2020)
  • The Red Gloves and Other Stories (2021)

The Snow-Walker trilogy
  • The Snow-Walker's Son (1993) The Bodley Head
  • The Empty Hand (1995) The Bodley Head
  • The Soul Thieves (1996) The Bodley Head

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 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)

Incarceron series

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)

References
  1. Dates from British Library catalogue.
  2. Dates from British Library catalogue.
  3. "Tir Na N-og Awards". Welsh Books Council . Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  4. "Past Winners" (PDF). Costa Book Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  5. "Past Award Nominees and Winners". Horror Writers Association. 15 June 2000. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  6. "Mythopoeic Awards 2007". The Mythopoeic Society. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  7. "WHAT'S ON: Shortlist for book awards announced and includes Newport author". South Wales Argus. 8 November 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  8. "Catherine Fisher wins the Tir na n-Og children's literature award with The Clockwork Crow" Welsh Books Council. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
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