Karen Foxlee

Karen Foxlee
Karen Foxlee
	Foxlee at Perth Festival Writers Week in 2019
Born	1971 (age 49–50); Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Occupation	Novelist
Notable work	Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy

Karen Foxlee (born 1971) is an Australian novelist.

Life and career

After training and working as a nurse for most of her adult life, she graduated from the University of the Sunshine Coast with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2005, in creative writing.[1] Her first novel The Anatomy of Wings was originally published in 2008, by the University of Queensland Press, and has since been published in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.[2]

Awards and nominations

2006: Queensland Premier's Literary Award (Best emerging author)
2008: Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Best First Book in the South East Asia and South Pacific Region) for The Anatomy of Wings
2008: Dobbie Encouragement Award for The Anatomy of Wings
2014: Davitt Award for The Midnight Dress
2019: Griffith University Young Adult Book Award for Lenny’s Book of Everything[3]
2020: New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature for Lenny's Book of Everything[4]

Works

The Anatomy of Wings (2008)
The Midnight Dress (2013)
Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy (2014)
A Most Magical Girl (2016)
Lenny's Book of Everything (2018)

References

"Karen Foxlee". Byron Bay Writers Festival. Archived from the original on 22 February 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
"Karen Foxlee". Speakers Ink. 2011. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
Qian, Jinghua (12 November 2019). "Winners announced for the 2019 Queensland Literary Awards". ArtsHub Australia. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
Evans, Kate Evans (26 April 2020). "Novel celebrating Wiradjuri language wins Book of the Year at major literary awards". ABC News. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

External links

Official website

Reviews

Taylor, Catherine (11 April 2009). "The Anatomy of Wings". The Guardian.
Toma, Luise (19 August 2008). "Fiction: The Anatomy of Wings by Karen Foxlee". MC Reviews. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008.

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[1] "Karen Foxlee". Byron Bay Writers Festival. Archived from the original on 22 February 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2010.

[2] "Karen Foxlee". Speakers Ink. 2011. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2010.

[3] Qian, Jinghua (12 November 2019). "Winners announced for the 2019 Queensland Literary Awards". ArtsHub Australia. Retrieved 13 November 2019.

[:0-4] Evans, Kate Evans (26 April 2020). "Novel celebrating Wiradjuri language wins Book of the Year at major literary awards". ABC News. Retrieved 26 April 2020.