Alison Goodman

Alison Goodman
Alison Goodman
Born (1966-08-18) 18 August 1966 (age 60)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
OccupationNovelist
Writing career
Notable worksSinging the Dogstar Blues, Killing the Rabbit, Eona duology
Websitewww.alisongoodman.com.au

Alison Goodman (born 18 August 1966) is an Australian writer of books for young adults.

Life and career

Goodman's debut novel Singing the Dogstar Blues (published in Australia 1998, subsequently released in several foreign editions) won an Aurealis Award for Best Young Adult Novel. In July 2007, her adult crime thriller Killing the Rabbit was published in the United States and was shortlisted for the Davitt Award.

The first book in her crossover fantasy duology The Two Pearls of Wisdom was published in Australia and the U.K in mid-2008. It was also released in the United States in late December 2008 under the title Eon: Dragoneye Reborn. It has subsequently been translated into 12 languages, and won the 2009 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel, is a 2008 James Tiptree, Jr. Award Honor Book and a Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book.

Goodman has also written short stories for several anthologies. She has a master's degree in creative writing from RMIT University, and has taught in creative writing at the University of Ballarat.

Bibliography

Novels

  • Singing the Dogstar Blues (1998)
  • Killing the Rabbit (2007)
  • The Two Pearls of Wisdom (2008) (a.k.a. Eon: Dragoneye Reborn and Eon: Rise of the Dragoneye)
  • Eona (2011) (a.k.a. Eona: The Last Dragoneye, a.k.a. The Necklace of the Gods)
  • A New Kind of Death (2012) (rev. ed. of Killing the Rabbit)
  • The Dark Days Club: A Lady Helen Novel (2016) (a.k.a. Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club)
  • The Dark Days Pact: A Lady Helen Novel (2017)
  • The Dark Days Deceit: A Lady Helen Novel (2018)
  • The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies (2023)
  • The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin (2025) (a.k.a. Ill-Mannered Ladies #2)

Short fiction

  • "One Last Zoom at the Buzz Bar" (1994) in The Patternmaker: Nine Science Fiction Stories (ed. Lucy Sussex)
  • "Dead Spyders" (1997) in Eidolon, Issue 24, Autumn 1997 (ed. Jonathan Strahan, Jeremy G. Byrne, Richard Scriven)
  • "The Real Thing" (2006) in Firebirds Rising: An Original Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy (ed. Sharyn November)

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "sfadb: Aurealis Awards 1999". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "The past is never past: New mysteries with history – Sisters in Crime Australia". Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Alison Goodman | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "sfadb : Alison M. Goodman Awards". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "Alison Goodman". Contemporary Authors Online. Gale. 11 November 2004. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
  6. ↑ ""Davitt Award Winners 2001-2025"" (PDF). Sisters in Crime. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  7. ↑ Amelia Bloomer Project
  8. ↑ ALA - 2010 Best Books for Young Adults Archived 15 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ "Aurealis Awards - Winners". Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2009.
  10. ↑ ALA - 2004 Best Books for Young Adults Archived 7 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ "The DJ (Dinny) O'Hearn Memorial Fellowship : The Australian Centre : The University of Melbourne". Archived from the original on 2 January 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
  12. 1 2 "Aurealis Awards, Previous Years' Results" (PDF). Official Aurealis Awards Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2008.