KATE FORSYTH

I have always wanted to be a writer

I wrote my first novel when I was seven

I wrote my second novel when I was nine

I wrote my third novel when I was

eleven

I started a diary when I was eleven, & have written in it nearly every day

since ….

I first tried to get published

when I was sixteen

My first novel was published when I was thirty

‘Dragonclaw’ was short-listed for the 1997 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel.

‘Dragonclaw’ was named one of the Best First Novels of 1998 by Locus.

‘The Cursed Towers’ was short-listed for the 1999 Aurealis Fantasy Award.

‘The Fathomless Caves’ reached No 7 on Booktrack’s bestsellers list.

‘The Tower of Ravens’ reached No 4 on the Australian bestseller list

‘The Tower of Ravens’ reached No 11 on the Barnes & Noble fantasy list

‘The Tower of Ravens’ was given five blue ribbons by ‘Romance Junkies’ website.

‘The Heart of Stars’ reached No 1 on the Australian fantasy/SF bestsellers list

It stayed in the Top 5 for almost a year

Since then I’ve had 40 books published in 17 languages

MY MOST RECENT BOOKS

A Mother’s Offering to Her Children (1841)

THREE WRITER SIBLINGSBelinda Murrel l

Kate ForsythNick Humphrey

I would read all day & as

late into the night as the

nurses would let me.

I dreaded the light being

turned off, I dreaded the

empty hours of the night.

Once my book was taken

away from me, all I could do

was lie there in pain, trying

to imagine myself back in its

pages.

Stories were escape.

Stories were magic.

'Stories as Salvation'

Kate Forsyth

Griffith REVIEW Edition 42:

Once Upon a Time in Oz

STORIES

MY ONLY SOURCE OF SUNSHINE,

MY ONLY SOLA CE

"I used to imagine galloping up that hill on a winged horse" …

Author Kate Forsyth used to dream of flying away from it all

(Illustration by Simon Letch fromThe Good Weekend)

PICTURE BOOKS

THE MAGICAL MISADVENTURES

THE CHAIN OF CHARMS

The Gypsy Crown nominated for a CYBIL Award in the US The Gypsy Crown won the Surrey ‘Book of the Year’ award in Canada

The Silver Horse, The Herb of Grace, The Lightning Bolt & The Butterfly in Amberall won the Aurealis Award for Children’s Fiction in 2007

The Lightning Bolt was a CBCA Notable Book

The perilous adventures of two Romany children in the time of the English Civil war

Hannah Rose Brown was not quite 13 years old when she discovered her family

was cursed ....

The Puzzle Ring

THE PUZZLE RING

‘The Puzzle Ring’ was short-listed for the 2009 Aurealis Award

for Best Young Adult Novel & named an 'Unsung Hero of 2009'

by international bloggers

“I thought that this was a really adventurous series that had me on the

edge of my seat at every page. I loved how descriptive and interesting the books were,

and the touches of humour. I liked the series so much I went as one of the

characters (Tom) for Book Week this year!”Joe, aged 11 – Children’s Books Daily

Escape from Wolfhaven Castle shortlisted for the 2017 YABBA Awards.

(And sssh! Optioned for a film!)

The Chronicles of Estelliana

In 2002, The Starthorn Tree was short-listed for the Aurealis Award for Best Young Adult Fiction, The Young Readers Choice award in WA & chosen for

the One Book, One City campaign in Brisbane.

‘Kate Forsyth enchants us again!’

Good Reads review

Set in the magical world of Estelliana, a place of wild magic and terrifying monsters …

KATE FORSTTH&

FAIRY TALES

BITTER GREENS

A retelling of ‘Rapunzel’ entwined with

the true-life story of the woman

who first told the tale

‘The best fairy tale retelling since Angela Carter.’

“Bitter Greens is a masterpiece.”

‘Kate Forsyth is one of the most wonderful storytellers

I've come across.’

‘Marvellous.’

Bitter Greens has sold more than a quarter of a million copies worldwide

It won the 2014 American Library Association Award

for Best Historical Novel

& was named No 27 in Dymocks’ 101 Best Books list in 2014

Bitter Greens was shortlisted for the 2012 Ditmar Award for Best Novel, the 2012 Aurealis Award & the 2012 Norma K. Hemming Award,

for which it received an Honourable Mention

Bitter Greens was also chosen as one of the Best Historical Novels of 2014 by the Library Journal in the US

Bitter Greens was written as the creative component of Kate’s Doctorate of Creative Arts

The theoretical component was published as

The Rescue of Rapunzel: A Mythic Biography of the Maiden in the Tower

The Rescue of Rapunzel won the 2016 Aurealis Special Convenors’ Award for Excellence

‘The Wild Girl’ was named the Best Love Story of 2013

by Australian Readers

The true story of the forbidden romance behind the Grimm Brothers’ famous fairy tales.

The American Library Association called The Wild Girl

"a beautiful and often heartbreaking love story that is sure to move and captivate readers.”

At once a suspenseful murder mystery and a lyrical love story,

Dancing on Knivesis about how family

can constrict and liberate us, how art can be both joyous &

destructive, & how strength can be found

in the unlikeliest places.

Told in the voices of four extraordinary women –

the wives and mistresses and muses of the famous artists of

the Pre-Raphaelite circle –

BEAUTY IN THORNStells the story of love, desire, obsession and tragedy that lies behind the creation of this famous depiction of

Sleeping Beauty.