Occupation Novelist Role Writer | Name Alison Goodman Nationality Australian | |
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Notable works Singing the Dogstar Blues, Killing the Rabbit, Eona duology Awards Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel, Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel Books The Two Pearls of Wisdom, Eona, Singing the Dogstar Blues, Killing the Rabbit, A New Kind of Death Profiles | ||
Nominations James Tiptree, Jr. Award | ||
Discover the world of The Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman...
Alison Goodman is an Australian writer of books for young adults, born in 1966 in Melbourne.
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- Discover the world of The Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman
- Alison goodman in the limelight
- Awards
- References
Goodman's debut novel Singing the Dogstar Blues (published in Australia 1998, subsequently released in several foreign editions) won an Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel. In July 2007, her adult crime thriller Killing the Rabbit was published in the United States and was shortlisted for the Davitt Award.
The first book in her crossover fantasy duology The Two Pearls of Wisdom was published in Australia and the U.K in mid-2008. It was also released in the United States in late December 2008 under the title Eon: Dragoneye Reborn. It has subsequently been translated into 10 languages, and won the 2008 Aurealis Award for the Best Fantasy Novel, is a 2008 James Tiptree, Jr. Award Honor Book and a Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book.
Goodman has also written short stories for several anthologies. She has a master's degree in creative writing from RMIT University, and has taught in creative writing programs at several Victorian universities.