Isobelle Carmody
Isobelle Carmody
Isobelle Jane Carmodyis an Australian writer of science fiction, fantasy, children's literature, and young adult literature...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth16 June 1958
CountryAustralia
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The best fantasy does not offer an answer to our lives, it is an offering that acknowledges enough of the truth to resonate and add to the understanding about the human condition.
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Once upon a time, if you wanted to talk about the notion of child abandonment, of a mother not being a good mother, that's built into the mother who sends the babes into the woods, and they use the bits of bread or stones to come home again.
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If you look at the body of any writers' work, you can figure out the questions that animate them. I think that is what real writers do. They don't tell people how to live or what to think. They write in order to try to answer their own deepest questions.
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If fantasy is done well, it has both serious content in a literary fashion and is a really good read as well - and children and young adults won't suffer anything else.
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I wrote my first full book when I was fourteen, and that was 'Obernewtyn.' It was also the first book I had published. It was accepted by the first publisher I sent it to, and it was short listed for Children's Book of the Year in the older readers category in Australia.
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I don't believe in fairies floating around, and I don't believe in telepathy, but there are things I want to say that just simple real-life stories don't let me say.
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I do see, in some younger writers, elements and things that I have used - and I am very touched and flattered because I am part of a tapestry that is being absorbed by authors.
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I believe excellent fantasy reflects us all, and yes, it can use those myths that underpin societies, our subconscious yearnings and longings, and perhaps our barren spirituality.
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What's gratifying is that it's my books that are being read and reread until they're battered over the years. I love that.
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The thing is, fairytales were once a very gritty way for people to dialogue about aspects of life.
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The first audience that you have when writing a book is you.
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The best books arise from some ultimate question in the author.
constant
Isn't that what writing is about? The constant attempt to understand the world?
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I have never forgotten the almost mystical power over an audience a storyteller has, when the story is deep and links you.