Angela Slatter has an MA and a PhD in Creative Writing.
12 Facts About Angela Slatter
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Angela Slatter occasionally teaches creative writing at the Queensland University of Technology.
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Angela Slatter's work has been listed for Honourable Mention by Ellen Datlow, Gavin Grant and Kelly Link; and she has been nominated three times for the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Short Story.
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In 2010, Angela Slatter published two short story collections: Sourdough and Other Stories with Tartarus Press which received a starred review at Publishers Weekly, and The Girl with No Hands and Other Tales.
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Angela Slatter is currently working on a "duopoly" consisting of the novels Well of Souls and Gate of the Dead.
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Angela Slatter is currently working on the final book in the "Verity Fassbinder" trilogy.
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Angela Slatter has received praise from Publishers Weekly for her "evocative and poetic prose" in Sourdough and Other Stories, and her writing garnered similar comments from Jeff VanderMeer, who described it as "brilliant, muscular, and original".
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In particular, Angela Slatter has received critical acclaim for her style of retelling or "reloading" fairytales.
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Angela Slatter's haunting The Jacaranda Wife, set in colonial Australia, seems to build towards a climax truly sinister, yet instead leaves you with beautiful imagery that is as otherworldly as it is strangely touching.
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Angela Slatter was the subject of an extensive feature in Issue 21 of Black Static, which had her photograph on the cover.
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Angela Slatter's collection, The Girl with No Hands and Other Tales was a finalist for the 2010 Australian Shadows Award for Long Fiction, and her story "Brisneyland By Night" was a finalist for Short Fiction.
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Angela Slatter was awarded the British Fantasy Award in 2012 for her short story "The Coffin-Maker's Daughter".