Angela Slatter

Angela Slatter was born in 1967 in Australia. She is a graduate of Clarion South 2009 and the Tin House Summer Writers Workshop 2006. She has a Masters (Research) in Creative Writing. In 2013 she was awarded one of the inaugural Queensland Writers Fellowships. In 2010, she published two short story collections: Sourdough & Other Stories with Tartarus Press (UK) and The Girl with No Hands & Other Tales. Her novella St Dymphna's School for Poison Girls won an Aurealis Award in 2014 in the Fantasy Short Story category. In 2015 she won a World Fantasy Award in the best collection category with her title The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings. She co-authored two books with Lisa L. Hannett, Midnight and Moonshine and The Female Factory. Her novella Sorrow and Such won the 2016 Ditmar Awards for Best Novella or Novelette.