Karen Attard Explained

Karen Attard
Birth Date:	1958
Nationality:	Australian
Genre:	Fantasy, short fiction
Awards:	Aurealis Award

Karen Attard (born 1958)^[1] is an Australian writer of fantasy and short fiction.

Biography

Attard's first work to be published was in 1975 with a poem published by Meuse Press, entitled Like an Omen.^[2] In 1995 she published a poetry collection published by Five Islands Press entitled Whisper Dark and a short story, Harvest Bay which was featured in the Eidolon (Australian magazine) magazine.^[3] Harvest Bay won the 1995 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story.^[4] In 1997 she released two more short stories which were both featured in the Eidolon magazine.^[3]

Bibliography

Collections

• Whisper Dark (1995)

Poems

• Like an Omen (1975)

Short stories

• "Harvest Bay" (1995) in Eidolon (Australian magazine), Spring 1995
• "A Momentary Brightness" (1997) in Eidolon, issue 24, Autumn 1997
• "Extracts from a Chronicle" (1997) in Eidolon, Issue 25/26, Spring 1997

Notes and References

1. Web site: Attard, Karen - Full record view - Libraries Australia Search. librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au. 2019-01-30.
2. Web site: Like an omen : poem / by Karen Attard . . 2010-02-09.
3. Web site: Karen Attard - Summary Bibliography . . 2010-02-09.
4. Web site: The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1996 Aurealis Awards . . 2010-02-09.