Karen Foxlee

Karen Foxlee is an Australian novelist.

Life and career

After training and working as a nurse for most of her adult life, she graduated from the University of the Sunshine Coast with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2005, in creative writing. Her first novel The Anatomy of Wings was originally published in 2008, by the University of Queensland Press, and has since been published in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.

2006: Queensland Premier's Literary Award
2008: Commonwealth Writers' Prize for The Anatomy of Wings
2008: Dobbie Encouragement Award for The Anatomy of Wings
2014: Davitt Award for The Midnight Dress
2019: Griffith University Young Adult Book Award for Lenny’s Book of Everything
2020: New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards New [South Wales Premier's Literary Awards#Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature|Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature] for Lenny's Book of Everything
2022: Indie Books Award Children's Book, shortlisted for Dragon Skin
2022: CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers, shortlisted for Dragon Skin
2022: New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature for Dragon Skin
2022: Prime Minister's Literary Award for Australian history, shortlisted for Dragon Skin
2026: Shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Prize for Children's Literature for ''The Wondrous Tale of Lavender Wolfe''

The Anatomy of Wings The Midnight Dress Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy A Most Magical Girl