Alison Goodman biography
Alison Goodman was born in Melbourne and, after a bit of wandering, recently returned to live there. She was a D.J. O’Hearn Memorial Fellow at Melbourne University, holds a Masters degree and teaches creative writing at postgraduate level. Her debut novel was the award-winning futuristic thriller Singing the Dogstar Blues and her most recent, the acclaimed Killing the Rabbit.
Eon: Rise of the Dragoneye was inspired by an aunt’s Japanese heritage and an early love for Sci-Fi and Cyperpunk, developing and idea she had whilst researching Feng Shui during the writing of an earlier novel. It has been published as The Two Pearls of Wisdom for an adult readership in the UK.
Alison is currently writing full-time and mentoring others through the wild and wonderful process of writing a novel.
www.alisongoodman.com.aus.
www.eon-dragoneye.co.uk
Alison Goodman books
Novels
- One Last Zoom at the Buzz Bar (1994)
- Dead Spyders (1997)
- Singing the Dogstar Blues (1998)
- The Real Thing (2006)
- Killing the Rabbit (2007)
- The Two Pearls of Wisdom (2008)
Awards
- 2008 Best Fantasy Novel, Aurealis Awards, The Two Pearls of Wisdom
- 1998 Best Young Adult Novel, Aurealis Awards, Singing the Dogstar Blues
Latest news: Alison Goodman
The Toymaker by Jeremy De Quidt reviewed on Fantasy Book Review
What good is a toy that will wind down? What if you could put a heart in one? A real heart. One that beat and beat and didn't stop. What couldn't you do if you could make a toy like that? From the moment Mathias becomes the owner of a mysterious piece of paper, he is in terrible danger. Entangled in [...]
Alison Goodman interview (January 2010)
Alison Goodman was born in Melbourne and, after a bit of wandering, recently returned to live there. She was a D.J. O’Hearn Memorial Fellow at Melbourne University, holds a Masters degree and teaches creative writing at postgraduate level. Her debut novel was the award-winning futuristic thriller S [...]
Fantasy Book Review: The Two Pearls of Wisdom by Alison Goodman
Synopsis Under the harsh regime of an ambitious master, Eon is training to become a Dragoneye – a powerful Lord able to command wind and water to nurture and protect the land. But Eon also harbours a desperate secret that, if revealed, will mean certain death. Brought to the attention of the [...]
The Two Pearls of Wisdom by Alison Goodman
Under the harsh regime of an ambitious master, candidate Eon is training to become a Dragoneye – a powerful Lord able to master wind and water to protect the land. But Eon also harbours a desperate secret… Eon is, in fact, Eona, a young woman who has endured years of disguise as a boy for the chanc [...]
The 2009 Aurealis Awards
The Aurealis awards recognise excellence in Australian speculative fiction, and opened up new categories for graphic novel/illustrated work, anthology and collection this year. The winners were: Children’s fiction Illustrated work/picture book: Richard Harland and illustrator Laura Peterson, The [...]
The final 2008 longlist for the David Gemmell Legends Award
The David Gemmell Legend Award will be presented for the very first time in 2009 for the best Fantasy novel of 2008. The award will be given to a work written in the 'spirit' of the late, great David Gemmell, a true Master of Heroic Fantasy. Voting opens at midnight on 26th December – but you have u [...]
Alison Goodman critical acclaim
The Two Pearls of Wisdom
"A refreshing change from the generic, Eurocentric fantasyland that still tends to dominate the field... this intelligent, vividly written tale grips from the first page" Lisa Tuttle, The Times
"Addictive reading... the climax is gloriously tantalising. Exotic and delightfully compelling - volume two will be highly anticipated" SFX Magazine
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Apartment 16 by Adam Nevill
Some doors are better left closed . . . In Barrington House, an upmarket block in London, there is an empty apartment. No one goes in, no one comes out. And it’s been that way for fifty years. Until the night watchman hears a disturbance after midnight and investigates. What he experiences is enough to change his life forever.
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