Alex Isle is an Australian author. He writes both novels and short stories in the

science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...

/fantasy genre, as well as books and articles of nonfiction, for both adult and

young adult In medicine and the social sciences, a young adult is generally a person in the years following adolescence, sometimes with some overlap. Definitions and opinions on what qualifies as a young adult vary, with works such as Erik Erikson's stages ...

audiences. In 2014 Isle changed his name from Susan to Alex to reflect a

gender identity Gender identity is the personal sense of one's own gender. Gender identity can correlate with a person's assigned sex or can differ from it. In most individuals, the various biological determinants of sex are congruent and consistent with the in ...

change and adopted the male pronouns. Publications before 2014 are under the name Sue Isle. Isle's books include the young adult novel ''Scale of Dragon, Tooth of Wolf'' (1996), about a rebellious teen in an

alternate world A parallel universe, also known as an alternate universe, world, or dimension, is a plot device in fiction which uses the notion of a hypothetical universe co-existing with another, typically to enable alternative narrative possibilities. The sum ...

16th century joining a group of sorceresses, and nonfiction children's book ''Wolf Children'' (1998), as well as a collection of

post-apocalyptic Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction are genres of speculative fiction in which the Earth's (or another planet's) civilization is collapsing or has collapsed. The apocalypse event may be climatic, such as runaway climate change; astronom ...

stories set in

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, ''Nightsiders'', published in 2011. Isle has sold numerous stories to publications such as '' Aurealis'', ''Orb'', ''ASIM'', ''Agog'', ''Sword and Sorceress'', ''

Tales of the Unanticipated ''Tales of the Unanticipated'', known as ''TOTU'', is a semiprozine that was founded under the auspices of the Minnesota Science Fiction Society (known as Mn-STF or Minn-STF), and has since become independent. Like contemporaries such as ''Cra ...

'' (USA) and ''Shiny'', a YA fiction magazine. Isle's other interests include history, science fiction conventions, roleplay gaming, gardening and working out how best to turn his hometown into a post-apocalypse scenario.

Bibliography

Novel

*''Scale of Dragon, Tooth of Wolf'' (1996)

Nonfiction

* ''Wolf Children'' (1998)

Collection

* ''Nightsiders'' (2011)

Short fiction

*"To Here the Midnight Fled" in ''Thyme Fiction 2'' (1989?) *"Her Father's Daughter" (1990) in ''Sword And Sorceress VII'' (ed.

Marion Zimmer Bradley Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley (June 3, 1930 – September 25, 1999) was an American author of fantasy, historical fantasy, science fiction, and science fantasy novels and is best known for the Arthurian fiction novel '' The Mists of Avalon'' and ...

) *"Nightwings" (1990) in '' Aurealis'' #1 (ed.

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, Dirk Strasser) *"The Last Guardian" (1990) in ''Glass Reptile Breakout and other Australian Speculative Stories'' (ed.

Van Ikin Van Ikin (born 25 November 1951) is an academic and science fiction writer and editor. A professor in English at the University of Western Australia, he retired from teaching in 2015 and is now a senior honorary research fellow. He has acted as ...

) *"Remembering Names" (1991) in '' Aurealis'' #4 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser) *"A Sprig of Aconite" (1992) in ''Intimate Armageddons'' (ed. Bill Congreve) *"Daybreak" (1992) in '' Aurealis'' #8 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser) *"Makeover" (1993) in '' Terror Australis: The Best of Australian Horror'' (ed.

Leigh Blackmore Leigh (David) Blackmore (born 1959) is an Australian horror writer, critic, editor, occultist, musician and proponent of post-left anarchy. He was the Australian representative for the Horror Writers of America (1994–95) and served as the ...

) *"Kill Me Once" (1994) in '' Alien Shores : An Anthology of Australian Science Fiction'' (ed.

Peter McNamara Peter McNamara (5 July 1955 – 20 July 2019) was an Australian tennis player and coach. McNamara won five singles titles and nineteen doubles titles in his career. A right-hander, McNamara reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 14 March ...

, Margaret Winch) *" A Sky Full of Ravens" (1995) in '' She's Fantastical'' *"Ice Harvest" (1995) in '' Aurealis'' #16 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser) *"Chadriki Dance" (1998) in ''

'', August 1998 (ed. Eric M. Heideman) *"Habits of Empire" (1998) in '' Aurealis'' #20/21 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser) *"Sisterchild" (1999) in '' Orb Speculative Fiction'' #0 (ed. Sarah Endacott) *" The Woman of Endor" (2001) in '' Orb Speculative Fiction'' #2 (ed. Sarah Endacott) *"Life and a Chance" (2001) in ''

'' #22 (ed. Eric M. Heideman) *"Amy's Stars" (2003) in '' Orb Speculative Fiction'' #5 (ed. Sarah Endacott) *"Catbones" (2003) in ''

Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'' or ''ASIM'' is a fantasy and science fiction magazine published out of Canberra, ACT, Australia. The publishers of ''ASIM'' describe it as "Australia's Pulpiest SF Magazine". The magazine is currently ...

'', Issue #5 (ed. Danuta Shaw) *"Witness of Blood" (2003) in '' Agog! Terrific Tales'' (ed.

Cat Sparks Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australians, Australian science fiction writer, editor and Publishing, publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horr ...

) *"Doing Shadow Time" (2003) in '' Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural'' (ed. Bill Congreve) *"Dog Years" (2004) in '' Aurealis'' #32 (ed. Keith Stevenson *"Mary Bennet Goes Postal" (2005) in ''

'' #26 (ed. Eric M. Heideman) *"Daughter of the Red Cranes" (2006) in ''

Agog! Ripping Reads Agog! Press was an independent Australian book publisher, specializing in speculative fiction short story collections. Founded in 2002 by Cat Sparks, the press published nine anthologies of speculative fiction. Agog! Press shut down in 2008 ...

'' (ed.

) *"Mary Bennet Gets a Life" (2006) in

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#7 *"The Sun People" (2007) Shiny (magazine) #2 (ed. Alisa Krasnostein) *"Heartsblood" (2008) in ''

'' #29 (ed. Eric M. Heideman) *"I Can Run Faster" (2008) in '' Aurealis'' #41 (ed. Stuart Mayne) *"Paper Dragons" (2008) *"Candle to the Devil" ew Ceres Nights(2009) Twelfth Planet Press *"Nightsiders" ollection of short fiction by Sue Isle2011 by Twelfth Planet Press *"Mars Peacemaker" in Review of Australian Fiction (2013) *"The Kind Neighbours of Hell" (2014) in '' Use Only As Directed'' (ed. Simon Petrie, Edwina Harvey) *"Pay Back" (2020) in ''Oz Is Burning'' (ed. Phyllis Irene Radford) Some of these stories may be found at: https://curiousfictions.com/authors/503-alex-isle

Articles

*Dogs Who Are Wolves (1998) in ''School Magazine'' Reprinted 2016. *Worldcon (2000) in ''Write Away Magazine'' (Fremantle Arts Centre) *The Wolf Girls (2001) in ''School Magazine'' *Roleplaying for Authors (2001) in ''Write Away Magazine'' *Why Science Fiction Isn't Scary (2002) in ''Write Away Magazine'' *Kept by Rats (2002) in ''Pets, Vets and People'' *A Person, More or Less Wicked (2003 in ''Fables and Reflections'' Easter 2003

Awards and nominations

Aurealis Awards * Best Fantasy Short Story **2001: Win: " The Woman of Endor" * Best Horror Short Story **2003: Nomination: "Amy's Stars" * Best Science Fiction Short Story **2003: Nomination: "Amy's Stars" Ditmar Awards * Best short fiction **1996: Nomination: " A Sky Full of Ravens" * Best short story **2008: Nomination: " The Sun People"

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Isle, Alex Date of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian fantasy writers Australian science fiction writers 20th-century Australian male writers Australian male short story writers 21st-century Australian male writers Australian transgender writers Australian LGBTQ novelists People from Fremantle Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Australian LGBTQ people