Isobelle Carmody was born in 1958 in Victoria and grew up looking after her seven brothers and sisters, whom she kept in line by telling horror stories. She began writing the first book of The Obernewtyn Chronicles when she was just fourteen years old, and then went on to complete a Bachelor of Arts degree and a journalism cadetship. Obernewtyn was shortlisted for the 1988 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award and since then her profile has grown dramatically. The sequel, The Farseekers was an Honour Book in the 1991 awards. This was followed by volume three of the series, Ashling and volume four, The Keeping Place, both of which have increased Carmody's band of loyal readers like us :)

With a host of other award-winning novels to her credit, she is one of Australia's most highly regarded and prominent authors of fantasy for young adult readers. Several of her books have also been published to great acclaim in the UK and US.

During recent years Isobelle received a grant from the Australia Council Literature Board to reside at the Keesing Writers Studio in Paris for six months and she has toured outback Australia visiting schools in remote areas. Isobelle divides her time between her home on the Great Ocean Road in Australia and her travels abroad. She has spent much of the last two years living in Prague with her partner, the Czech writer and musician Jan Stolba.

When in Australia she regularly visits schools as a public speaker, lectures and passionately promotes her books to her readers.

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