Tansy Rayner Roberts

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Tansy Rayner Roberts (born 22 May 1978) is an Australian fantasy writer. Her short stories have been published in a variety of genre magazines, including Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine and Aurealis. She also writes crime fiction as Livia Day.[1]

Biography

Born in Hobart, Tasmania, she holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons), and completed a PhD in Classics in 2007, both from the University of Tasmania. She currently lives with her husband and two children in Tasmania.[1]

Work

In 1998, Roberts won the inaugural

Aurealis Awards.[4]

In 2007 her children's novel, Seacastle, was published by ABC Books. Seacastle is the first book in the seven-part children's book series, "The Lost Shimmaron".[5] Each book in the Lost Shimmaron series was written by a different author.[6]

In May 2010 Power and Majesty, Book One of the "Creature Court trilogy", was published by HarperCollins Voyager.[7] Roberts has described the "Creature Court trilogy" as a combination of two fantasy subgenres: court fantasy and urban fantasy.[8]

Roberts was one of the founding members of Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine and edited issues 9 in 2003 and issue 23 in 2006. She also co-edited AustrAlien Absurdities (Agog! Press) with Chuck McKenzie, an anthology of humorous Australian speculative fiction in 2002 and is co-editor for the forthcoming Cranky Ladies of History anthology (FableCroft Publishing).

In 2010, Roberts won the WSFA Small Press Award for her novella Siren Beat (2009, Twelfth Planet Press).[9] Siren Beat was also nominated for the Australian Aurealis Awards for Best fantasy Short Story.[10] Roberts won the WSFA Small Press Award again in 2012 for "The Patrician" from her short story collection Love and Romanpunk, volume 2 (2011, Twelfth Planet Press).[9]

In 2013, Roberts was elected Overseas Director for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (

SFWA).[11] In 2012, 2013 and 2014, Roberts was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Fancast with Galactic Suburbia, as well as for Verity! podcast in 2014.[12] She is a co-host on both Galactic Suburbia and Verity!.[13] She won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer in 2013. In 2015 she won the Ditmar Award for Best Fan Writer.[14]

Roberts cites writers

Jacqueline Carey, Laurell K. Hamilton, Robert B. Parker, Nancy Mitford, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ovid as influences on her writing.[15]

Awards

  • 2015 Ditmar Award Best Fan Writer
  • 2014 William Atheling Jr. Award (tie): Galactic Suburbia Episode 87: Saga Spoilerific Book Club (with Alisa Krasnostein & Alex Pierce)
  • 2014 William Atheling Jr. Award (tie): "New Who in Conversation" series (with David McDonald & Tehani Wessely) Finalist 2014 Ditmar Award Best Short Story: "Cold White Daughter", One Small Step (FableCroft Publishing). Finalist 2014 Ditmar Award Best Fan Publication in any medium: Galactic Suburbia (with Alisa Krasnostein & Alex Pierce)
  • 2013 Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer
  • 2013 Ditmar Award Best Fan Writer: body of work including reviews in Not If You Were The Last Short Story on Earth
  • 2013 William Atheling Jr. Award: "Historically Authentic Sexism in Fantasy. Let's Unpack That" (Tor.com)
  • 2012 WSFA Small Press Award: "The Patrician", Love and Romanpunk (Twelfth Planet Press)
  • 2012 Ditmar Award Best Short Story: "The Patrician", Love and Romanpunk (Twelfth Planet Press)
  • 2011 Ditmar Award Best Novel: Power and Majesty (HarperVoyager)
  • 2011 Ditmar Award Best Fan Publication in any medium: Galactic Suburbia podcast (with Alisa Krasnostein and Alex Pierce)
  • 2011 Ditmar Award Best Achievement: Snapshot 2010 (with Alisa Krasnostein, Kathryn Linge, Rachel Holkner, Alexandra Pierce, and Tehani Wessely)
  • 2011 William Athleing Jr. Award: "A Modern Woman’s Guide to Classic Who"
  • 2010 WSFA Small Press Award: "Siren Beat" (Twelfth Planet Press)
  • 2010 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel: Power and Majesty (HarperVoyager)
  • 2008 Ditmar Award Best Fan Production: 2007 Snap Shot Project - interviews with influential members of the Australian speculative fiction scene (with Alisa Krasnostein, Ben Payne, Alexandra Pierce, Katherine Linge, Kaaron Warren & Rosie Clark)
  • 2008 Ditmar Award Best Fanzine: Not If You Were the Last Short Story on Earth (with Alisa Krasnostein, Ben Payne & Alexandra Pierce)

Published fiction

Novels and longer works

  • Splashdance Silver (1998), Bantam
    • Reprinted in ebook in 2013 by FableCroft Publishing
  • Liquid Gold (1999), Bantam
    • Reprinted in ebook in 2013 by FableCroft Publishing
  • Hobgoblin Boots (2004), Scrybe Press
  • Seacastle (2007), Book 1 of The Lost Shimmaron series, ABC Books
  • "Siren Beat" (2010), Twelfth Planet Press
  • Power and Majesty (2010), Book 1 of Creature Court,
    Harper Voyager
  • The Shattered City (2011), Book 2 of Creature Court, Harper Voyager
  • Love and Romanpunk (2011), Twelfth Planet Pres
  • Reign of Beasts (2012), Book 3 of Creature Court, Harper Voyager
  • Ink Black Magic (2013), FableCroft Publishing
  • Musketeer Space (2014-), web serial

Short fiction

  • Cookie Cutter Superhero (2014), Kaleidoscope, eds. Alisa Krasnostein & Julia Rios, Twelfth Planet Press
  • Of War and Wings (2014), Clockwork Universe: Steampunk vs. Aliens, eds. Patricia Bray & Joshua Palmatier, Zombies Need Brains LLC
  • The Minotaur Girls (2013), Glitter and Mayhem, eds.
    Apex Publications
  • Cold White Daughter (2013), One Small Step, ed. Tehani Wessely, FableCroft Publishing
  • The Raven and her Victory (2013), Where Thy Dark Eye Glances: Queering Edgar Allan Poe, ed. Steve Berman, Lethe Press
    • Reprinted in Heiresses of Russ (2014), Lethe Press
  • Please Look After This Angel (2012), Angel Story/Islandia
  • What Books Survive (2012), Epilogue, ed. Tehani Wessely, FableCroft Publishing
    • Reprinted in Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2012 (2013), Ticonceroga Publications
  • Julia Agrippina’s Secret Family Bestiary (2011), Love and Romanpunk, Twelfth Planet Press
  • Lamia Victoriana (2011), Love and Romanpunk, Twelfth Planet Press
  • The Patrician (2011), Love and Romanpunk, Twelfth Planet Press
    • Reprinted in Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2011 (2012), Ticonderoga Publications
    • Reprinted in Apex Magazine (2013)
  • Last of the Romanpunks (2011), Love and Romanpunk, Twelfth Planet Press
  • Relentless Adaptations (2010), Sprawl, ed. Alisa Krasnostein, Twelfth Planet Press
  • Nine Times (2010), Worlds Next Door, ed. Tehani Wessely, FableCroft Publishing
  • Like Us (2009), Shiny, #5, Twelfth Planet Press
  • Prosperine When it Sizzles (2009), New Ceres Nights, eds. Alisa Krasnostein & Tehani Wessely, Twelfth Planet Press
  • Fleshy (2008), 2012, eds. Alisa Krasnostein & Ben Payne, Twelfth Planet Press
  • The Scent of Milk (2007), Aurealis, #38/39
  • The Pastimes of Aunties (2007), Fantastic Journeys to Brisbane
  • The Bluebell Vengeance (2007), Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, #28
  • Lucky Tart (2006), Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, #26
  • Scandal at the Feast of Saturn (2006), New Ceres, #1, Twelfth Planet Press
  • Rosebuds (2006), In Agog! Ripping Reads, ed.
    Cat Sparks, Agog! Press
  • Fruit and Mirrors (2006), Aurealis, #36, Chimaera Publications
  • Holding out for a Hero (2006), The Outcast, ed. Nicole R. Murphy, Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild
  • Delta Void and the Stray God (2005), Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, #16
  • Garments of the Dead (2004), Aurealis #32
  • Memo for Flight Attendants (2003), Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, #7
  • Fairy Tale Blues (2002), Potato Monkey, #2
  • Somewhere Over the Looking Glass (2002), Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, #4
  • Immortality Crack’d (2002), Twilight Times, #18
  • Swansong (2002), Fiction Inferno, August
  • Cendrillon and the Chromium Prince (2002), In Machinations: An Anthology of Ingenious Designs, ed. Chris Andrews, Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild
  • Delta Void and the Clockwork Man (2002), In Agog! Fantastic Fiction, ed.
    Cat Sparks
    , Agog! Press 2002
  • Fairy Godmother Express (2002), Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, #1
    • Reprinted in Eotu Ezine (November 2003)
    • Reprinted in Best of ASIM Fantasy (June 2007)
  • Delta Void and the Unicorn Soup (2002), in AustrAlien Absurdities, eds. Chuck McKenzie and Tansy Rayner Roberts, Agog! Press
  • Faces of the Elit (2001), Twilight Times, #14
  • Black Holes (2001), Eotu Ezine, v2 #4
  • Sold my soul to the devil, mum (2001), Writer's Radio, July, 5UV Adelaide
  • Tasting, the Alien (2001), Writer's Radio, June, 5UV Adelaide
  • Pygmalion's Flesh (2001), Antipodean Sci-Fi, #35
  • Romancing the WWW (1999),
    Orb
     #0
  • The Glamoured Girl (1999), Harbinger #4
  • Once Upon a Literal Legend (1999), Harbinger #2
  • Manipulation (1998), Under Magellanic Clouds, #4

Published non-fiction

  • 50 Roman Mistresses: Scandal, Virtue and Womanhood in Ancient Rome (2014), FableCroft Publishing
  • Rereading the Empire trilogy (2014),
    Tor.com
  • The Main Character in Their Own Lives: Does Diversity Make YA SF/F Better? (2013), Tor.com
  • Fantasy Art, Fishnets, and Red Sonja's Chainmail Bikini ([1]) (2013), Apex Magazine, #51
  • Historically Authentic Sexism in Fantasy. Let’s Unpack That. (2012), Tor.com
  • The Ultimate Sixth (2012), Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who, eds. Deborah Stanish & L.M. Myles, Mad Norwegian Press
  • The Australian Dark Weird'' (2011), Apex Magazine, #30

References

  1. ^ a b Roberts, Tansy Rayner. "Tansy Rayner Roberts". Tansyrr.com. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  2. ^ Kelly, Mark R. "1998 George Turner Award". The LOCUS Index to SF Awards. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Mocklore Chronicles". FableCroft. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  4. ^ "FableCroft Awards". FableCroft. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  5. ^ Roberts, Tansy Rayner. "Writing for Children!". Tansyrr.com. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  6. ISSN 0155-218X
    . Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Creature Court Available Worldwide". The Creature Court. 6 April 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  8. ^ Galaxy Books Interview, Spotlight on Tansy Rayner Roberts.
  9. ^ a b "WSFA Small Press Award - The History". WSFA Small Press Award. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  10. ^ Aurealis Awards Archived 9 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine, List of 2009 finalists.
  11. ^ "New Board Members at SFWA". SFWA. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  12. ^ "2014 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  13. ^ "Tansy Rayner Roberts". Verity!. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  14. ^ "2015 Ditmar and Other Australian Awards". Locus Online. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  15. ^ "Book Quiz". Sunday Tasmanian. 20 May 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2015 – via Newspaper Source.

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