Isobelle Carmody

Isobelle Jane Carmody (born 16 June 1958) is an Australian writer of science fiction, fantasy, children's literature, and young adult literature. She is recipient of the Aurealis Award for best children's fiction.

Biography Isobelle Carmody was born in Wangaratta on 16 June 1958, the eldest of eight children. She continued to work on them while completing a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in literature and philosophy; she worked in public relations and journalism.

Obernewtyn, her first novel and the first book in the Obernewtyn series, was published in 1987.

She was Guest of Honour at the 2007 Australian National Science Fiction Convention, Convergence 2, held in Melbourne in June 2007.

Personal Her partner is Jan Stolba, a Czech musician and poet.

Shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers, 2025. Shortlisted John Marsden Book of the Year for Older Children, Australian Book Industry Awards, 2025. Shortlisted Indie Young Adult Book Awards, 2025

+ Short stories Collection Title Date first published Notes After Dark The Red Shoes 1996 pub. 2000 The Landlord 2000 Dark House A Splinter of Darkness 1995 ed. Gary Crew Dream Weavers The Keystone 1996 ed. Paul Collins Dreaming Again Perchance to Dream 2008 ed. Jack Dann Dreaming Down-Under The Man Who Lost His Shadow 1998 ed. Jack Dann, Janeen Webb Exotic Gothic The Stranger 2009 ed. Danel Olson Metro Winds 2012 Gathering the Bones The Dove Game 2003 ed. Ramsey Campbell, Jack Dann, Dennis Etchison Green Monkey Dreams Corfu 1985 pub. 1996 The Witch Seed 1992 Seek No More 1992 The Pumpkin Eater 1994 The Monster Game 1994 Green Monkey Dreams 1995 The Phoenix 1996 The Glory Days The Beast The Lemming Factor The Red Shoes Into the Future Roaches 1991 ed. Toss Gascoigne, Jo Goodman, Margot Tyrrell Kids' Night in 2 Santorini 2005 ed. Jessica Adams et al. Legends of Australian Fantasy The Dark Road: An Obernewtyn Story ed. Jack Dann, Jonathan Strahan The Lottery: Nine Science Fiction Stories Long Live the Giant! 1994 ed. Lucy Sussex The Road to Camelot Guinevere, or the Sleeping of Beauty 2002 ed. Sophie Masson Trust Me Too The Journey 2012 Under My Hat The Stone Witch 2012

Picture books Journey From the Centre of the Earth (2003), illustrated by Marc McBride Wildheart (2002), illustrated by Steven Woolman Dreamwalker (2000), a story in graphic novel form, illustrated by Steven Woolman The Wrong Thing (2006), illustrated by Declan Lee (rewritten for the US/Canada and published as Magic Night) Night School (2010), illustrated by Anne Spudvilas Evermore (2015), illustrated by Daniel Reed

Awards 2025 - Children's Book Council of Australia Awards Older Readers Book of the Year: shortlisted for Comes the Night 2011 – Children's Book Council of Australia Awards Younger Readers Book of the Year: winner for The Red Wind

2008 – Aurealis Awards Young Adult Novel: Shortlisted for The Stone Key

2007 – Aurealis Awards Children's Novel: shortlisted for A Fox Called Sorrow

2006 – ABPA Book Design Awards Fiction: winner for Little Fur: the Legend of Little Fur

2006 – Aurealis Awards Book of the Year for Older Readers: joint winner for The Gathering

1994 – W.A. Young Readers Book Award (WAYRA) Second for The Gathering

1993 – Children's Peace Literature Award (PEACE) Best Book: joint winner for The Gathering

1992 – 3M Talking Book Award – (NSW) Talking Book: Winner for Scatterlings

1991 – The Children's Book Council of Australia Awards Book of the Year for Older Readers: shortlisted for Obernewtyn: The Obernewtyn Chronicles

A more complete list of Isobelle Carmody's nominations and awards can be found on the author profile at Penguin Books