Alex Isle
Alex Isle is an Australian author. He writes both novels and short stories in the science fiction/fantasy genre, as well as books and articles of nonfiction, for both adult and young adult audiences.
In 2014 Isle changed his name from Susan to Alex to reflect a gender identity change and adopted the male pronouns. Publications before 2014 are under the name Sue Isle.
Isle's books include the young adult novel Scale of Dragon, Tooth of Wolf, about a rebellious teen in an alternate world 16th century joining a group of sorceresses, and nonfiction children's book Wolf Children, as well as a collection of post-apocalyptic stories set in Perth, Nightsiders, published in 2011. Isle has sold numerous stories to publications such as Aurealis, Orb, ASIM, Agog, Sword and Sorceress, Tales of the Unanticipated and Shiny, a YA fiction magazine.
Isle's other interests include history, science fiction conventions, roleplay gaming, gardening and working out how best to turn his hometown into a post-apocalypse scenario.
Novel
- ''Scale of Dragon, Tooth of Wolf''
Nonfiction
- ''Wolf Children''
Collection
- ''Nightsiders''
Short fiction
- "To Here the Midnight Fled" in Thyme Fiction 2
- "Her Father's Daughter" in Sword And Sorceress VII
- "Nightwings" in Aurealis #1
- "The Last Guardian" in Glass Reptile Breakout and other Australian Speculative Stories
- "Remembering Names" in Aurealis #4
- "A Sprig of Aconite" in Intimate Armageddons
- "Daybreak" in Aurealis #8
- "Makeover" in Terror Australis: The Best of Australian Horror
- "Kill Me Once" in Alien Shores : An Anthology of Australian Science Fiction
- "A Sky Full of Ravens" in She's Fantastical
- "Ice Harvest" in Aurealis #16
- "Chadriki Dance" in Tales of the Unanticipated, August 1998
- "Habits of Empire" in Aurealis #20/21
- "Sisterchild" in Orb Speculative Fiction #0
- "The Woman of Endor" in Orb Speculative Fiction #2
- "Life and a Chance" in Tales of the Unanticipated #22
- "Amy's Stars" in Orb Speculative Fiction #5
- "Catbones" in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #5
- "Witness of Blood" in Agog! Terrific Tales
- "Doing Shadow Time" in Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural
- "Dog Years" in Aurealis #32 in Tales of the Unanticipated #26
- "Daughter of the Red Cranes" in Agog! Ripping Reads
- "Mary Bennet Gets a Life" in Borderlands #7
- "The Sun People" Shiny (magazine) #2
- "Heartsblood" in Tales of the Unanticipated #29
- "I Can Run Faster" in Aurealis #41
- "Paper Dragons"
- "Candle to the Devil" Twelfth Planet Press
- "Nightsiders" 2011 by Twelfth Planet Press
- "Mars Peacemaker" in Review of Australian Fiction
- "The Kind Neighbours of Hell" in Use Only As Directed
- "Pay Back" in Oz Is Burning
https://curiousfictions.com/authors/503-alex-isle
Articles
- Dogs Who Are Wolves in School Magazine Reprinted 2016.
- Worldcon in Write Away Magazine
- The Wolf Girls in School Magazine
- Roleplaying for Authors in Write Away Magazine
- Why Science Fiction Isn't Scary in Write Away Magazine
- Kept by Rats in Pets, Vets and People
- A Person, More or Less Wicked (2003 in Fables and Reflections Easter 2003
Awards and nominations
Aurealis Awards- Best Fantasy Short Story
- *2001: Win: "The Woman of Endor"
- Best Horror Short Story
- *2003: Nomination: "Amy's Stars"
- Best Science Fiction Short Story
- *2003: Nomination: "Amy's Stars"
- Best short fiction
- *1996: Nomination: "A Sky Full of Ravens"
- Best short story
- *2008: Nomination: "The Sun People"