Catherine Fisher

Fisher was born in Newport, in the Welsh county of Gwent. She graduated from the University of Wales with a degree in English Literature and Education. ==Work experience==

Catherine Fisher has worked as a primary-school teacher and as an archaeologist. She also taught writing for children at the University of South Wales. She has been a full-time writer of fiction and poetry since 2002. ==Writing==

Since the late 1980s, Fisher has been writing children's fantasy, both Young Adult and Middle Grade. These novels have been translated into over 30 languages, and many of her works have won or been shortlisted for literary awards. She has twice won the Welsh Books Council Tir na n'Og prize for fiction in English, with The Candle Man (2000) and The Clockwork Crow (2015). Her young adult fantasies Incarceron and Sapphique were New York Times bestsellers and Times Book of the Year. The Oracle, the first volume of a trilogy mixing Egyptian and Greek myth, was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize. The Clockwork Crow, first of an acclaimed trilogy for middle grade, an enchanting reworking of Welsh fairylore and Victorian Gothic, was shortlisted for the Blue Peter Prize. Fisher's work mixes myth, legend and folktale, with vibrant characters and language that is precise and evocative. She has written several well-received re-tellings of Welsh myth and legend, including The Cat With Iron Claws, and Culhwch and Olwen. In addition to her writing for children, Fisher has published four poetry collections with Seren Books: Immrama (1988), The Unexplored Ocean (c. 1994), Altered States (1999) and The Bramble King (2019). She has also published a pamphlet, Folklore (2003), with Smith/Doorstop Books, and many poems in magazines and anthologies, including Poetry Wales, Poetry Now, The Poetry Review and the Forward Book of Poetry. The collection Immrama won the Welsh Arts Council Young Writers' Prize in 1989. She won the Cardiff International Poetry Competition in the same year with her poem 'Marginalia'. == Awards and honors ==

Poetry • Immrama (1988) Seren Books • The Unexplored Ocean (1994)Seren Books • Altered States (1999) Seren Books • Folklore (2003) Smith/Doorstop Books • The Bramble King (2019) Seren Books. Prose Standalone books • ''The Conjuror's Game'' (1990) The Bodley Head : ''The Conjuror's Game'' (1991) Red Fox • ''Fintan's Tower'' (1991) The Bodley Head : ''Fintan's Tower'' (1992) Red Fox • ''Saint Tarvel's Bell'' (1992) Chivers Press • The Candle Man (1994.) The Bodley Head : The Candle Man (1994) Red Fox . • The Hare And Other Stories (1994) Pont books • ''Belin's Hill'' (1997) The Bodley Head : ''Belin's Hill'' (1997) Red Fox • The Lammas Field (1999) Hodder Children's • Darkwater Hall (2000) Hodder Children's • Corbenic (2002) Red Fox • Darkhenge (2005) The Bodley Head • The Weather Dress (2005) Pont Books • Crown of Acorns (May 2010) Hodder Children's Books. The Snow-Walker trilogy • ''The Snow-Walker's Son'' (1993) The Bodley Head Red Fox pb • The Empty Hand (1995) The Bodley Head Red Fox pb • The Soul Thieves (1996) The Bodley Head Red Fox pb The Book of the Crow series (US title: Relic Master series) • The Relic Master Bodley Head 1998 Red Fox paperback 1998 (US title: The Dark City, 2011) • The Interrex (1999) Bodley Head Red Fox paperback 2000 (US title: The Lost Heiress, 2011) • ''Flain's Coronet (2000) Bodley Head Red Fox paperback (US title: The Hidden Coronet'', 2011) • The Margrave (2001) Red Fox paperback (US title: The Margrave, 2011) The Oracle trilogy • The Oracle Hodder Childrens 2003 ' (US title: The Oracle Betrayed Greenwillow Books, 2003) • The Archon Hodder Childrens 2004 (US title: The Sphere of Secrets Greenwillow Books, 2004) • The Scarab Hodder Childrens 2005 (US title: Day of the Scarab, Greenwillow Books 2005) Incarceron series • Incarceron (2007) Hodder Childrens 2007 US Dial Penguin. • Sapphique (2008) Hodder Childrens 2008 US Dial Penguin. Chronoptika series • Obsidian Mirror (2012) Hodder Childrens US Dial Penguin • The Box of Red Brocade (2013) Hodder Childrens (US title: Slanted Worlds, 2013 Dial Penguin). • The Door in the Moon (2015) Hodder Childrens (2016 US Dial Penguin) • The Speed of Darkness (2016) Hodder Childrens The Clockwork Crow series • The Clockwork Crow (2018) Firefly Press • The Velvet Fox (2019) Firefly Press • The Midnight Swan (2020) Firefly Press • • Re-tellings. • The Magic Thief (2010) Barrington Stoke.ISBN 9781842998212 • The Cat with Iron Claws. (2012) Pont Books. ISBN 9781848513174 • Culhwch and Olwen (2024) Graffeg Press ISBN 9781802586459 Short Stories. The Red Gloves and Other Stories (2021) Firefly Press. ISBN 9781913102685 ==References==