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Name
  
Sue Isle


Role
  
Author

Genre
  
Fantasy, science fiction and horror

Books
  
Scale of Dragon, Tooth of Wolf

Similar People
  
Elizabeth Moon, Shariann Lewitt, Phil Brucato, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Stephanie Shaver

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Alex Isle (born 1963 in Fremantle, Western Australia) is the author of the Young Adult literature fantasy novel Scale Of Dragon, Tooth Of Wolf and nonfiction children's book 'Wolf Children.' A collection of post apocalyptic stories set in Perth, "Nightsiders" was published in 2011.

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In 2014 Isle changed his name from Susan to Alex to reflect a gender change identity and adopted the pronouns he/his. Publications before 2014 are under the name Sue Isle.

Isle lives in Perth, Western Australia and has been writing as long as he knew that real people wrote books. These books include the YA novel Scale of Dragon, Tooth of Wolf and kids book Wolf Children. Isle has sold numerous stories around the place to markets such as Aurealis, Orb, ASIM, Agog, Sword and Sorceress and Tales of the Unanticipated [USA] and Shiny, a YA fiction magazine. Isle's other interests include history, sf conventions, roleplay gaming, gardening and working out how best to turn his hometown into a post apocalypse scenario.

Scale Of Dragon, Tooth Of Wolf is about a rebellious teen in an alternate-world 16th century joining a group of sorceresses. Alex Isle is also the author of the Non-fiction book Wolf children : the real feral kids : an extraordinary story [1] Alex Isle lives in Perth, Western Australia.

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

    Sue Isle Wikipedia