Karen Foxlee

Australian writer

Karen Foxlee
Foxlee at Perth Festival Writers Week in 2019
Born	Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia^{[citation needed]}
Occupation	Novelist
Notable work	Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy

Karen Foxlee is an Australian novelist.

Life and career

After training and working as a nurse for most of her adult life, she graduated from the University of the Sunshine Coast with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2005, in creative writing.^[1] Her first novel The Anatomy of Wings was originally published in 2008, by the University of Queensland Press, and has since been published in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.^[2]

Awards and nominations

2006: Queensland Premier's Literary Award (Best emerging author)
2008: Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Best First Book in the South East Asia and South Pacific Region) for The Anatomy of Wings
2008: Dobbie Encouragement Award for The Anatomy of Wings
2014: Davitt Award for The Midnight Dress
2019: Griffith University Young Adult Book Award for Lenny’s Book of Everything^[3]
2020: New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature for Lenny's Book of Everything^[4]
2022: Indie Books Award Children's Book, shortlisted for Dragon Skin^[5]
2022: CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers, shortlisted for Dragon Skin^[6]
2022: New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature for Dragon Skin^[7]
2022: Prime Minister's Literary Award for Australian history, shortlisted for Dragon Skin^[8]

Works

The Anatomy of Wings (2008)
The Midnight Dress (2013)
Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy (2014)
A Most Magical Girl (2016)
Lenny's Book of Everything (2018)
Dragon Skin (2021)

References

^ "Karen Foxlee". Byron Bay Writers Festival. Archived from the original on 22 February 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
^ "Karen Foxlee". Speakers Ink. 2011. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
^ Qian, Jinghua (12 November 2019). "Winners announced for the 2019 Queensland Literary Awards". ArtsHub Australia. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
^ Evans, Kate Evans (26 April 2020). "Novel celebrating Wiradjuri language wins Book of the Year at major literary awards". ABC News. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ "Indie Book Awards 2022 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^ "CBCA 2022 Book of the Year shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
^ "NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2022 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
^ "Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2022 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.

External links

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Official website

Reviews

Taylor, Catherine (11 April 2009). "The Anatomy of Wings". The Guardian.
Toma, Luise (19 August 2008). "Fiction: The Anatomy of Wings by Karen Foxlee". MC Reviews. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008.