Jane Routley Explained

Jane Routley is an Australian writer of fantasy fiction.^[1]

Biography

Jane Routley was born in Melbourne, Australia.^[2] Her first book Mage Heart was released in the U.S. in 1996. It is the first book in the Mage Heart series. She has since released two more novels in the series. In 2000 all three novels were published in Australia. Dutch and German editions have also appeared. Jane had also published a novel The Three Sisters in the U.S. under the pseudonym Rebecca Locksley.^[3] She has written a number of short stories including a contribution to Paul Collins' Fantastic Worlds anthology with City of Whirlwinds.^[2] Fire Angels and Aramaya both won the Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel in 1998 and 1999 respectively.^[4] She is a recipient of the Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel.

Bibliography

Fiction series

Dion Demonslayer

• Mage Heart (1996)^[5]
• Fire Angels (1998)^[6]
• Aramaya (1999)^[7]

Tari

• The Three Sisters (2004) (as Rebecca Locksley)^[8]
• The Melded Child (2018)^[9]

Standalone

• A Shining Knight (2017)^[10]
• Shadow in the Empire of Light (2017)^[11]

Short fiction

• "The Goddess Wakes" (1995) in She's Fantastical (ed. Lucy Sussex and Judith Buckrich)
• "The Empty Quarter" (1996) in Dream Weavers (ed. Paul Collins)
• "Stealing the Seed" (1997) in Eidolon, Issue 24, Autumn 1997 (ed. Jonathan Strahan, Jeremy G. Byrne, Richard Scriven)
• "To Avalon" (1998) in Dreaming Down-Under (ed. Jack Dann, Janeen Webb)
• "City of Whirlwinds" (1998) in Fantastic Worlds (ed. Paul Collins)
• "Liars Brooch" (2001) in Spinouts (ed. Paul Collins)
• "A New Creation" (2002) in Meanjin, Volume 61, Number 3 2002 (ed. Micheal McGirr)
• "Celia" (2007) in Cicada, Vol 10, No 2, Nov/Dec 2007 (ed. Marianne Carus)

Awards and nominations

• 1999 Nominated for a Ditmar award for "To Avalon"^[12]
• 1998 Nominated for the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Short Story for "To Avalon"^[13]
• 1999 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel for Aramaya^[14]
• 1998 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel for Fire Angels^[15]
• 1989 Won the Moonee Valley Library Short Story Competition with the story "Red Roses"

External links

• Jane Routley at Voyager Online
• Jane Routley at Fantastic fiction

Notes and References

1. Web site: Austlit — Jane Routley . Austlit. 26 October 2024.
2. Web site: Jane Routley - Summary Bibliography . . 2009-12-25.
3. Web site: The Three Sisters / Rebecca Locksley . SF Reviews.net . Thomas M. . Wagner . 2004 . 2010-08-22 .
4. Web site: aurealis awards, previous years' results . . 2009-12-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101224172144/http://www.aurealisawards.com/downloads/history1995_2008.pdf.pdf . 24 December 2010 .
5. Web site: Mage Heart by Jane Routley. National Library of Australia. 26 October 2024.
6. Web site: Fire Angels by Jane Routley. National Library of Australia. 26 October 2024.
7. Web site: Aramaya by Jane Routley. National Library of Australia. 26 October 2024.
8. Web site: The Three Sisters by Jane Routley. ISFDB. 26 October 2024.
9. Web site: The Melded Child by Jane Routley. ISFDB. 26 October 2024.
10. Web site: A Shining Knight by Jane Routley. ISFDB. 26 October 2024.
11. Web site: Shadow in the Empire of Light by Jane Routley. ISFDB. 26 October 2024.
12. News: Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award (Ditmar) Nominees . The Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet . 118 . 23 April 1999 . Marc . Ortlieb . 26 October 2024.
13. Web site: The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1999 Aurealis Awards . . 26 October 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100424013317/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis1999.html . 24 April 2010 . live .
14. Web site: The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2000 Aurealis Awards . . 26 October 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100424092453/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis2000.html . 24 April 2010 . dead .
15. Web site: The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1999 Aurealis Awards . . 26 October 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20100424013317/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis1999.html . 24 April 2010 . dead .