Louise Katz is an Australia

Australia

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n writer of fantasy and young-adult fiction.

Biography

Katz was born in Canberra

Canberra

Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...

, Australia

Australia

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 and attended art school in Adelaide

Adelaide

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. In 1996 Katz' first book was released in Australia, entitled Myfanwy's Demon. In 2001 she released her second novel entitled The Other Face of Janus

The Other Face of Janus

The Other Face of Janus is a 2001 young-adult novel by Louise Katz. It follows the story of Edwina Nearly who after facing a range of problems decides to get away from it all by visiting an art gallery only to fall into a painting in which laws of physics don't apply.-Background:The Other Face of...

which won the 2001 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel. Katz has also released two short stories the second of which, Weavers of the Twilight, was a joint winner of the 2004 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story

Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story

The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and SpecFaction NSW to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers"...

. Katz obtained her PhD

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 from the University of Technology Sydney, and currently lectures in academic communication at the University of Sydney

University of Sydney

The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...

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Short fiction

• "The Little Demon" (2000) in Mystery, Magic, Voodoo & the Holy Grail (ed. Stephanie Smith, Julia Stiles)
• "Weavers of Twilight
  Weavers of Twilight
  "Weavers of Twilight" is a 2004 fantasy short story by Louise Katz.-Background:"Weavers of Twilight" was first published in 2004 in Agog! Smashing Stories, edited by Cat Sparks and published by Agog! Press...
  
  " (2004) in Agog! Smashing Stories
  Agog! Smashing Stories
  Agog! Smashing Stories is a 2004 speculative fiction anthology edited by Cat Sparks.-Background:Agog! Smashing Stories was first published in Australia in 2004 by Agog! Press in trade paperback format. It was a short-list nominee for best collected work at the 2005 Ditmar Awards but lost to Black...
  
  (ed. Cat Sparks)