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
feet matter
Life has always been a matter of putting one's feet down carefully
insightful stories progression
Short stories do not say this happened and this happened and this happened. They are a microcosm and a magnification rather than a linear progression.
mirrors ifs
If she is afraid of mirrors she is afraid of herself.
doe ends wounds
Don't you understand that wanting does not belong here, because that is what wounds, and there is never an end to it.
laughter cry caged
That was what happened to laughter when you caged it. It became unbearably sad. It was worse than crying.
doe
Maruman does not loll.
oral poetic time
First and foremost, I'm an oral storyteller - I'll make a poetic choice over a grammatical choice every single time.
gritty life people
The thing is, fairytales were once a very gritty way for people to dialogue about aspects of life.
battered books gratifying love until
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.
flattered younger
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.
animate answer deepest figure order people work writers
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.