Louise Katz is an Australian fantasy and science fiction novelist and academic.

Biography

Katz was born in Canberra, Australia, and attended art school in Adelaide.^[1] She is a Doctor of Creative Arts and has taught creative writing and academic writing at the University of Technology, Sydney and the University of Sydney.^[2]

In 1996 Katz' first book, Myfanwy's Demon, was published. Her second novel, The Other Face of Janus, was released in 2001; the book won the 2001 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel.^[3][4] The Orchid Nursery from 2016 won the Norma K. Hemming award for that year.^[5] Katz has also published short fiction, including the short story "Weavers of the Twilight" which was a joint winner of the 2004 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story.^[3][4]

Awards

• 2001 – Aurealis award, for The Other Face of Janus
• 2004 – Co-winner, Aurealis Award, for "Weavers of the Twilight"
• 2016 – Winner, Norma K. Hemming award, for The Orchid Nursery

Selected bibliography

Novels

• Myfanwy's Demon (1996) HarperCollins, ISBN 0732251672
• The Other Face of Janus (2001) HarperCollins, ISBN 0207197091
• The Orchid Nursery (2015) Lacuna Publishing, ISBN 9781922198204^[6]

Short fiction

• 2004 "Weavers of the Twilight", short story, in Agog! Smashing Stories, Wollongong, Australia: Agog! Press
• 2000 "The Little Demon", short story, in Mystery, Magic, Voodoo, Sydney: HarperCollins
• 2009 "The Absent Men", novella, in X-6 Anthology, Sydney: Coeur de Lion Publishing