Alison Goodman
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Alison is the author of Singing The Dogstar Blues, a science-fiction comedy thriller, which won an Aurealis Award for Best Young Adult Novel, and was listed as a C.B.C. Notable Book and an A.L.A. Best Young Adult book of 2004. Her second novel, Killing the Rabbit, is a crime/thriller for adults published in the U.S. by Bantam Books. The Two Pearls of Wisdom won the 2008 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel.
Alison lives in Melbourne, Australia, with her husband, Ron, and their Machiavellian Jack Russell Terrier, Xander. She was the 1999 D.J. O’Hearn Memorial Fellow at Melbourne University, holds a Master of Arts, and teaches creative writing at postgraduate level. Alison is currently working on the sequel to Eon/The Two Pearl...more
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Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman avg rating 4.03 — 551 ratings — published 2008 15 editions |
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Firebirds Rising: An Original Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy by Sharyn November , Diana Wynne Jones , Ellen Klages , Sharon Shinn , Patricia A. McKillip , Emma Bull (Goodreads author) , Kelly Link , Tamora Pierce (Goodreads author) more... avg rating 3.93 — 288 ratings — published 2006 4 editions |
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Singing the Dogstar Blues by Alison Goodman avg rating 3.64 — 50 ratings — published 2000 7 editions |
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Eona: The Last Dragoneye by Alison Goodman avg rating 4.00 — 9 ratings — published 2009 2 editions |
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Killing the Rabbit by Alison Goodman avg rating 2.25 — 4 ratings — published 2007 |
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Alison Goodman's Eon/Two Pearls of Wisdom promotional tour of the US and UK
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"I found power in accepting the truth of who I am. It may not be a truth that others can accept, but I cannot live any other way. How would it be to live a lie every minuet of your life."
— Alison Goodman (Eon: Dragoneye Reborn)
— Alison Goodman (Eon: Dragoneye Reborn)
"There was a saying that a man's true character was revealed in defeat. I thought it was also revealed in victory."
— Alison Goodman (Eon: Dragoneye Reborn)
— Alison Goodman (Eon: Dragoneye Reborn)
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| Beyond Reality: Nominations for November! | 37 | 74 | Aug 25, 2009 08:46AM | |
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