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Louise Katz
Louise Katz
Born	Canberra, Australia
Occupation	Writer, academic
Nationality	Australian
Genre	Fantasy, science fiction, young adult
Notable awards	Aurealis Award; Best young-adult novel ; 2001 The Other Face of Janus ; Best fantasy short story ; 2004 Weavers of the Twilight ;

Louise Katz is an Australian fantasy and science fiction novelist and academic.

Biography

Katz was born in Canberra, Australia, and attended art school in Adelaide.^[1] She is a Doctor of Creative Arts and has taught creative writing and academic writing at the University of Technology, Sydney and the University of Sydney.^[2]

In 1996 Katz' first book, Myfanwy's Demon, was published. Her second novel, The Other Face of Janus, was released in 2001; the book won the 2001 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel.^[3]^[4] The Orchid Nursery from 2016 won the Norma K. Hemming award for that year.^[5] Katz has also published short fiction, including the short story "Weavers of the Twilight" which was a joint winner of the 2004 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story.^[3]^[4]

2004 "Weavers of the Twilight", short story, in Agog! Smashing Stories, Wollongong, Australia: Agog! Press
2000 "The Little Demon", short story, in Mystery, Magic, Voodoo, Sydney: HarperCollins
2009 "The Absent Men", novella, in X-6 Anthology, Sydney: Coeur de Lion Publishing

^ "Katz, Louise". AusLit. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
^ "Dr Louise Katz". University of Sydney, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Louise Katz - Summary Bibliography". ISFDB. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Aurealis awards, previous years' results" (PDF). Aurealis Awards. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
^ "2016 Ditmar and Other Australian Awards". Locus Online. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
^ Sloan, Jane (12 August 2016). "Browsing the Aisles: A Foray into Speculative Fiction". Sydney Review of Books. Retrieved 18 March 2021.