Catherine Fisher

Catherine Fisher (born 1957) is a poet and novelist for children and Young Adults. Best known for her internationally bestselling novel Incarceron and its sequel, Sapphique, she has published over 40 novels and 5 volumes of poetry. She has worked as an archaeologist, and as a school and university teacher, is an experienced broadcaster and adjudicator and has taught at the Arvon Foundation and Ty Newydd Writers' Centres. She lives in Wales, UK.

Personal life Fisher was born in Newport, in the Welsh county of Gwent. She graduated from the University of Wales with a degree in English Literature and Education. 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, an enchanting reworking of Welsh fairylore and Victorian Gothic, 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. She has written several well-received re-tellings of Welsh myth and legend, including The Cat With Iron Claws, and Culhwch and Olwen.

In addition to her writing for children, Fisher has published four poetry collections with Seren Books: Immrama (1988), The Unexplored Ocean (c. 1994), Altered States (1999) and The Bramble King (2019). She has also published a pamphlet, Folklore (2003), with Smith/Doorstop Books, and many poems in magazines and anthologies, including Poetry Wales, Poetry Now, The Poetry Review and the Forward Book of Poetry. 2003 Whitbread Children's Book Award Shortlist 2003 Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers Nominee 2007 Corbenic Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature Winner 2011 Incarceron Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature Finalist 2019 Blue Peter Book Award Nominee 2019 Tir na n-Og Award for Best English-Language Book Winner Publications

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

Prose

Standalone books The Conjuror's Game (1990) The Bodley Head The Conjuror's Game (1991) Red Fox Fintan's Tower (1991) The Bodley Head Fintan's Tower (1992) Red Fox Saint Tarvel's Bell (1992) Chivers Press The Candle Man (1994.) The Bodley Head The Candle Man (1994) Red Fox . The Hare And Other Stories (1994) Pont books Belin's Hill (1997) The Bodley Head Belin's Hill (1997) Red Fox The Lammas Field (1999) Hodder Children's Darkwater Hall (2000) Hodder Children's Corbenic (2002) Red Fox Darkhenge (2005) The Bodley Head The Weather Dress (2005) Pont Books Crown of Acorns (May 2010) Hodder Children's Books.

The Snow-Walker trilogy

The Snow-Walker's Son (1993) The Bodley Head Red Fox pb The Empty Hand (1995) The Bodley Head Red Fox pb The Soul Thieves (1996) The Bodley Head Red Fox pb

The Book of the Crow series (US title: Relic Master series)

The Relic Master Bodley Head 1998 Red Fox paperback 1998 (US title: The Dark City, 2011) The Interrex (1999) Bodley Head Red Fox paperback 2000 (US title: The Lost Heiress, 2011) Flain's Coronet (2000) Bodley Head Red Fox paperback (US title: The Hidden Coronet, 2011) The Margrave (2001) Red Fox paperback (US title: The Margrave, 2011)

The Oracle trilogy

The Oracle Hodder Childrens 2003 ' (US title: The Oracle Betrayed Greenwillow Books, 2003) The Archon Hodder Childrens 2004 (US title: The Sphere of Secrets Greenwillow Books, 2004) The Scarab Hodder Childrens 2005 (US title: Day of the Scarab, Greenwillow Books 2005)

Incarceron series

Incarceron (2007) Hodder Childrens 2007 US Dial Penguin. Sapphique (2008) Hodder Childrens 2008 US Dial Penguin.

Chronoptika series

Obsidian Mirror (2012) Hodder Childrens US Dial Penguin The Box of Red Brocade (2013) Hodder Childrens (US title: Slanted Worlds, 2013 Dial Penguin). The Door in the Moon (2015) Hodder Childrens (2016 US Dial Penguin) The Speed of Darkness (2016) Hodder Childrens

The Clockwork Crow series The Clockwork Crow (2018) Firefly Press The Velvet Fox (2019) Firefly Press The Midnight Swan (2020) Firefly Press

Re-tellings. The Magic Thief (2010) Barrington Stoke.ISBN 9781842998212 The Cat with Iron Claws. (2012) Pont Books. ISBN 9781848513174 Culhwch and Olwen (2024) Graffeg Press ISBN 9781802586459 Short Stories.

The Red Gloves and Other Stories (2021) Firefly Press. ISBN 9781913102685