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Leife Shallcross


Australia

Ever since she can remember, Leife Shallcross has been fascinated by stories about canny fairy godmothers, heroic goose girls and handsome princes disguised as bears. The Beast’s Heart, will be her debut.
Her award-winning short fiction has been published in Aurealis, Daily Science Fiction and several anthologies. She is particularly inspired by those characters that tend to fall into the cracks of the usual tales. Leife lives in Canberra, Australia, with her family and a small, scruffy creature that snores.
 


Genres: Fantasy
 
Novels
   The Beast's Heart (2018)
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Anthologies edited
   A Hand of Knaves (2018) (with Chris Large)
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Books containing stories by Leife Shallcross
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Strange Little Girls (2016)
edited by
Camilla Bruce and Liv Lingborn
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The End Has Come (2015)
(Apocalypse Triptych, book 3)
edited by
John Joseph Adams and Hugh Howey

Awards
2016 Aurealis Award for Best Young Adult Short Story : Pretty Jennie Greenteeth

Award nominations
2019 Ditmar Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Beast's Heart
2019 Ditmar Award for Best Collected Work (nominee) : A Hand of Knaves


Leife Shallcross recommends
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The Last Hour Between Worlds (2024)
(Echo Archives, book 1)
Melissa Caruso
"This book is for those who dream of going to the ball inside the Goblin King's crystal bubble, but struggle with work-life balance and finding a good babysitter. A jewelled swirl of dangerous magic, fabulous outfits and reluctant heroism, Caruso's The Last Hour Between Worlds is fiendishly well-plotted, utterly enchanting and... surprisingly relatable."
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Nocturne (2023)
Alyssa Wees
"Darkly beautiful and threaded through with an undercurrent of magic and madness, Nocturne is a captivating tale replete with layers of illusion, where true enchantment hides beneath the manufactured witchery and gossamer splendor of the ballet."

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