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Nike Sulway

ナイク・サルウェイ

Nike Sulway

Aliases: Nicole Bourke / N A Bourke
Pen Names: N A BourkePen name used for early novels

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1968-01-01 (Unknown)
Nationality
Australian
Languages
English
Residence History
Queensland, Australia

Career

Occupations
novelist, short story writer, researcher, teacher
Active Years
2001-
Affiliations
University of Southern Queensland (USQ)
Nominations
Commonwealth Writers Prize Best First Book/Asia Pacific Region (shortlisted), Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards (shortlisted), Aurealis Awards (shortlisted), IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award (shortlisted)

Education

Griffith University
Creative Writing / PhD
Degree: PhD
Country: Australia
PhD in Creative Writing

Awards

Queensland Premier’s Literary Award
2000
Work: The Bone Flute
Category: 新進作家部門
Organization: Queensland Government
Result: 受賞
James Tiptree, Jr. Award
2013
Work: Rupetta
Result: 受賞
Norma K Hemming Award
2014
Work: Rupetta
Result: 受賞
Norma K Hemming Award
2020
Work: Winter's Tale
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Bone Flute

2001 Speculative Fiction

A story revolving around a bone flute.

magicimaginationwomen's lives

Rupetta

2013 Speculative Fiction

First Tiptree Award winner by an Australian author. Story of an immortal mechanical woman.

magicimaginationwomen's lives

What the Sky Knows

2005 Picture Book

Illustrated by Stella Danalis.

imagination

Bibliography

  • The Bone Flute (2001, as N A Bourke)
  • The True Green of Hope (2005, as N A Bourke)
  • What the Sky Knows (2005)
  • Rupetta (2013)
  • Dying in the First Person (2016)
  • Winter's Tale (2019)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
speculative fictionliterary fictionimaginative narrative
Recurring Motifs
role of magicimaginationwomen's lives

Legacy

Active in speculative and literary fiction, winner of multiple awards including the first Australian to win the James Tiptree, Jr. Award for Rupetta.