Alex Isle Explained

Alex Isle is an Australian author. He writes both novels and short stories in the science fiction/fantasy genre, as well as books and articles of nonfiction, for both adult and young adult audiences.

In 2014 Isle changed his name from Susan to Alex to reflect a gender identity change and adopted the male pronouns. Publications before 2014 are under the name Sue Isle.^[1]

Isle's books include the young adult novel Scale of Dragon, Tooth of Wolf (1996),^[2] about a rebellious teen in an alternate world 16th century joining a group of sorceresses, and nonfiction children's book Wolf Children (1998), as well as a collection of post-apocalyptic stories set in Perth, Nightsiders, published in 2011.^[3] Isle has sold numerous stories to publications such as Aurealis, Orb, ASIM, Agog, Sword and Sorceress, Tales of the Unanticipated (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)
• "Nightwings" (1990) in Aurealis #1 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser)
• "The Last Guardian" (1990) in Glass Reptile Breakout and other Australian Speculative Stories (ed. Van Ikin)
• "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 (ed. Leigh Blackmore)
• "Kill Me Once" (1994) in (ed. Peter McNamara, 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 Tales of the Unanticipated, 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 Tales of the Unanticipated #22 (ed. Eric M. Heideman)
• "Amy's Stars" (2003) in Orb Speculative Fiction #5 (ed. Sarah Endacott)
• "Catbones" (2003) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #5 (ed. Danuta Shaw)
• "Witness of Blood" (2003) in Agog! Terrific Tales (ed. Cat Sparks)
• "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 Tales of the Unanticipated #26 (ed. Eric M. Heideman)
• "Daughter of the Red Cranes" (2006) in Agog! Ripping Reads (ed. Cat Sparks)
• "Mary Bennet Gets a Life" (2006) in Borderlands #7
• "The Sun People" (2007) Shiny (magazine) #2 (ed. Alisa Krasnostein)
• "Heartsblood" (2008) in Tales of the Unanticipated #29 (ed. Eric M. Heideman)
• "I Can Run Faster" (2008) in Aurealis #41 (ed. Stuart Mayne)
• "Paper Dragons" (2008)
• "Candle to the Devil" [New Ceres Nights] (2009) Twelfth Planet Press
• "Nightsiders" [collection of short fiction by Sue Isle] 2011 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)^[4]

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^[5]

• 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^[5]

• Best short fiction
  • 1996: Nomination: "A Sky Full of Ravens"
• Best short story
  • 2008: Nomination: "The Sun People"

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Great Raven: An Interview with Alex Isle. 17 September 2016.
2. Web site: Curious Fictions. 13 December 2018. 14 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181214164148/https://curiousfictions.com/authors/503-alex-isle. dead.
3. Web site: Nightsiders. 9 August 2011.
4. Web site: Alex Isle.
5. Web site: The Locus Index to SF Awards: Index of Literary Nominees . . 2010-02-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100228040833/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit64.html . 28 February 2010 . dmy-all .