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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.

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.

Isobelle Carmody

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.

Isobelle Carmody

Isn't that what writing is about? The constant attempt to understand the world?

Isobelle Carmody

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.

Isobelle Carmody

The best books arise from some ultimate question in the author.

Isobelle Carmody

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.

Isobelle Carmody

The first audience that you have when writing a book is you.

Isobelle Carmody

The thing is, fairytales were once a very gritty way for people to dialogue about aspects of life.

Isobelle Carmody