Born in New Zealand in 1957, Lucy Sussex is well known for her work as both the author of a number of novels for teenages, and as editor of several recent anthologies. She has appeared on interesting panels at many Australian sf conventions. She has degrees in English and Librarianship from Monash University.
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Lucy Sussex was born in New Zealand in 1957. She has degrees in English and Librarianship from Monash University, and is a freelance researcher, editor and writer. She has published widely, writing anything from literary criticism to horror and detective stories. In addition she is a literary archaeologist, rediscovering and republishing the nineteenth-century Australian crime writers Mary Fortune and Ellen Davitt. Her short story, `My Lady Tongue' won a Ditmar (Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award) in 1988. In 1994 she was a judge for the international Tiptree award, which honours speculative fiction exploring notions of gender. Her first adult novel, The Scarlet Rider, is about biography, Victorian detective fiction, voodoo and a ghost.
PUBLICATIONS The Peace Garden (Oxford, 1989) - for children My Lady Tongue & Other Tales (Heinemann, 1990) - short stories Deersnake (Hodder Headline, 1994) - fantasy novel for teenagers The Scarlet Rider (Forge, 1996) Black Ice (forthcoming from Hodder Headline) - horror novel for teenagers The Penguin Friend (forthcoming from Omnibus) - for children. (As Editor) The Fortunes of Mary Fortune (Penguin, 1989) - an selection of autobiographical writings from a pioneering detective writer Force and Fraud, by Ellen Davitt (Mulini, 1993) - an edition of the first Australian murder mystery novel, originally published in 1865 The Patternmaker and The Lottery (Omnibus, 1994) - two anthologies of original science fiction/fantasy for teenagers Shadow Alley (Omnibus, 1995) - an anthology of crime fiction for teenagers She's Fantastical (Sybylla, 1995) - an anthology of Australian women writing in the non-realist mode across literary genres, co-edited with Judith Buckrich * Shortlisted for World Fantasy Award!!!!