Jane Routley is an Australian writer of

fantasy fiction Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...

Biography

Jane Routley was born in

Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...

, Australia. Her first book '' Mage Heart'' was released in the U.S. in 1996. It is the first book in the ''Mage Heart'' series. She has since released two more novels in the series. In 2000 all three novels were published in Australia. Dutch and German editions have also appeared. Jane had also published a novel ''The Three Sisters'' in the U.S. under the pseudonym Rebecca Locksley. She has written a number of short stories including a contribution to Paul Collins' Fantastic Worlds anthology with ''City of Whirlwinds''. '' Fire Angels'' and '' Aramaya'' both won the

Aurealis Award The Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award. History The Aurealis Award was established in 1995 by ...

for best fantasy novel in 1998 and 1999 respectively. She is a recipient of the Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel.

Bibliography

Fiction series

''Dion Demonslayer'' * ''Mage Heart'' (1996) * '' Fire Angels'' (1998) * '' Aramaya'' (1999) ''Tari'' * ''The Three Sisters'' (2004) (as Rebecca Locksley) * ''The Melded Child'' (2018)

Standalone

* ''A Shining Knight'' (2017) * ''Shadow in the Empire of Light'' (2017)

Short fiction

* "The Goddess Wakes" (1995) in ''She's Fantastical'' (ed.

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and Judith Buckrich) * "The Empty Quarter" (1996) in Dream Weavers (ed. Paul Collins) * "Stealing the Seed" (1997) in Eidolon, Issue 24, Autumn 1997 (ed.

Jonathan Strahan Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...

, Jeremy G. Byrne, Richard Scriven) * "To Avalon" (1998) in

Dreaming Down-Under ''Dreaming Down-Under'' is a 1998 speculative fiction anthology edited by Jack Dann and Janeen Webb. Publishing history ''Dreaming Down-Under'' was first published in Australia in November 1998 by Voyager Books in trade paperback format. In 1 ...

(ed.

Jack Dann Jack Dann (born February 15, 1945) is an American writer best known for his science fiction, as well as an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, the majority being as editor or c ...

Janeen Webb Janeen Webb (''née'' Pemberton) is an Australian writer, critic and editor, working mainly in the field of science fiction and fantasy. Biography The daughter of a Second World War Australian Army commando and salesman, Webb was brought up in ...

) * "City of Whirlwinds" (1998) in Fantastic Worlds (ed. Paul Collins) * "Liars Brooch" (2001) in Spinouts (ed. Paul Collins) * "A New Creation" (2002) in Meanjin, Volume 61, Number 3 2002 (ed. Micheal McGirr) * "Celia" (2007) in Cicada, Vol 10, No 2, Nov/Dec 2007 (ed.

Marianne Carus Marianne Carus (June 16, 1928 – March 3, 2021) was a German-born American editor and publisher known for creating the children's magazine ''Cricket (magazine), Cricket''. Responding to educators who were using the basic readers created by her ...

)

Awards and nominations

* 1999 Nominated for a

Ditmar award The Ditmar Award (formally the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Award; formerly the "Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award") has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention (the "Natcon") to recognise ...

for "To Avalon" * 1998 Nominated for the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Short Story for "To Avalon" * 1999 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel for ''Aramaya'' * 1998 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel for ''Fire Angels'' * 1989 Won the Moonee Valley Library Short Story Competition with the story "Red Roses"

References

External links

Jane Routley
at Voyager Online
Jane Routley
at

Fantastic fiction Fantastic or Fantastik may refer to: Music * ''Fantastic'' (Toy-Box album) * ''Fantastic'' (Wham! album) * '' Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1)'', an album by Slum Village * '' Fantastic, Vol. 2'', an album by Slum Village * ''Fantastic'' (EP), an EP by ...

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