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| Born | Sara Warneke June 2, 1957 Penola, South Australia |
| Pen name | Sara Douglass |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Writing period | 1995-present |
| Genres | Fantasy |
| Notable award(s) | Aurealis Award Fantasy division 1996 Enchanter & StarMan 2001 The Wounded Hawk |
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Sara Warneke (born 2 June 1957 in Penola, South Australia), better known by her pen name Sara Douglass is an Australian fantasy writer who lives in Hobart, Tasmania.
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Biography
Sara attended Annesley College, in Wayville, a suburb of Adelaide. She studied for her BA while working as a Registered Nurse, and later completed her PhD in early modern English History. She became a lecturer in medieval history at La Trobe University, Bendigo. Whilst there she completed her first novel, BattleAxe, which launched her as a popular fantasy author in Australia, and later as an international success.
Until the mid-2000s, she hosted a bulletin board on her website, which encouraged creative thinking and constructive criticism of others' work. The bulletin board was closed due to her other commitments, although many of its posters continue to contribute to other bulletin boards. Sara now maintains an online diary about the restoration project of her house and garden at Nonsuch in Tasmania.
Works
Fantasy fiction
Douglass mainly focus her efforts on fantasy writings. Her first trilogy, The Axis Trilogy, is set in the fantasy world of Tencendor and Escator. Of The Axis Trilogy Enchanter and StarMan won the 1996 Aurealis Fantasy division award[1] and Battleaxe was nominated for the 1995 award[2]. Douglass's second series, The Wayfarer Redemption, two stand alone novels and her most recent series, Darkglass Mountain also focus on the fantasy world used in the The Axis Trilogy. The Wayfarer Redemption also did well in the Aurealis Fantasy division with all three novels reaching the finals for their published years[3][4][5].
In addition to the fantasy novels set in the world of Tencendor and Escator, Douglass has written two unrelated historical fantasy series, The Crucible trilogy and The Troy Game. Some of these novels also reached the Aurealis Fantasy division finals with The Nameless Day and The Crippled Angel from the The Crucible finishing as finalists[6][7] and The Wounded Hawk winning the award in 2001[8]. Hade's Daughter and Darkwitch Rising from The Troy Game also were finalists in the Fantasy division[7][9].
Other works
Douglass has also written a non-fiction novel, The Betrayal of Arthur, and several short stories.
Bibliography
Note: In the USA, and most European countries, The Axis Trilogy and The Wayfarer Redemption have been combined into one six-book series, Wayfarer Redemption.
The Axis Trilogy
The Wayfarer Redemption
The Crucible
- The Nameless Day (2000)
- The Wounded Hawk (2001)
- The Crippled Angel (2002)
The Troy Game
- Hades' Daughter (2002)
- Gods' Concubine (2004)
- Darkwitch Rising (2005)
- Druid's Sword (2006)
Darkglass Mountain
- The Serpent Bride (2007)
- The Twisted Citadel (2008)
Other
- Beyond the Hanging Wall (1996)
- Threshold (1997)
Short stories
- Of Fingers and Foreskins (1996) in Eidolon, Issue 21 and The Best of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy 1996 (ed. Jonathan Strahan and Jeremy Byrne)
- The Evil Within (1997) in Dreaming Downunder (ed. Janeen Webb and Jack Dann) and The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (ed. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling)
- The Field of Thorns (2000) in Australian Women's Weekly
- St Uncumber (2001) in Australian Women's Weekly
- The Mistress of Marwood Hagg (2003) in Gathering the Bones (ed. Dennis Etchison, Ramsey Campbell & Jack Dann)
Non-fiction
- Images of the Educational Traveller in Early Modern England (E. J. Brill, 1995)
- The Betrayal of Arthur (1998)
Awards and nominations
Aurealis Awards
Fantasy division
- Finalist: Battleaxe (1995)
- Won: Enchanter and Starman (1996) tie with Jack Dann's The Memory Cathedral
- Finalist: Sinner (1997)
- Finalist: Pilgrim (1998)
- Finalist: Crusader (1999)
- Finalist: The Nameless Day (2000)
- Won: The Wounded Hawk (2001)
- Finalist: The Crippled Angel (2002)
- Finalist: Hades' Daughter (2002)
- Finalist: Darkwitch Rising (2005)
References
- ^ "1996 Aurealis Awards". The Locus Index to SF Awards. Retrieved on 2008-08-07.
- ^ "1995 Aurealis Awards". The Locus Index to SF Awards. Retrieved on 2008-08-07.
- ^ "1997 Aurealis Awards". The Locus Index to SF Awards. Retrieved on 2008-08-07.
- ^ "1998 Aurealis Awards". The Locus Index to SF Awards. Retrieved on 2008-08-07.
- ^ "1999 Aurealis Awards". The Locus Index to SF Awards. Retrieved on 2008-08-07.
- ^ "2000 Aurealis Awards". The Locus Index to SF Awards. Retrieved on 2008-08-07.
- ^ a b "2003 Aurealis Awards". The Locus Index to SF Awards. Retrieved on 2008-08-07.
- ^ "2001 Aurealis Awards". The Locus Index to SF Awards. Retrieved on 2008-08-07.
- ^ "2005 Aurealis Awards". The Locus Index to SF Awards. Retrieved on 2008-08-07.
External links
- Sara Douglas - Official website
- Sara's home at Nonsuch
- Interview with Sara Douglass at SFFWorld.com
- FanLit.net Reviews Sara Douglass
