Glenda Larke is an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n writer.

Larke was born in Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

. She obtained a degree in history and a diploma in education at University of Western Australia

University of Western Australia

The University of Western Australia was established by an Act of the Western Australian Parliament in February 1911, and began teaching students for the first time in 1913. It is the oldest university in the state of Western Australia and the only university in the state to be a member of the...

 and has taught English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 in Australia, Vienna, Tunisia and Malaysia. She currently resides in Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

, Malaysia with her husband and has two children.
Larke's first novel, Havenstar was published in 1998 by Virgin Worlds in the UK under her married name of Glenda Noramly.

In 2003 she returned to the fantasy genre under the name of Glenda Larke when Voyager Books released The Aware

The Aware

The Aware is the first book in The Isles of Glory by Glenda Larke, in the style of an interview that took place much later than the events in the book.The Aware was a finalist in the 2003 Aurealis Awards fantasy division.-Plot introduction:...

, the first book in the The Isles of Glory trilogy. The Aware was a finalist in the 2003 Aurealis Awards fantasy division. Gilfeather and The Tainted completed the trilogy. The Tainted was a finalist in the 2004 Aurealis Awards fantasy division.

The Isles of Glory was shortly followed by Larke's second trilogy The Mirage Makers. It includes Heart of the Mirage, which was released in 2006 and was a finalist in the 2006 Aurealis Awards fantasy division, The Shadow of Tyr and Song of the Shiver Barrens, both released in 2007.

Larke also writes non-fiction, usually articles on conservation issues, particularly those relating to bird conservation. These articles are mostly published in Malaysian nature magazines.

The Isles of Glory

• The Aware
  The Aware
  The Aware is the first book in The Isles of Glory by Glenda Larke, in the style of an interview that took place much later than the events in the book.The Aware was a finalist in the 2003 Aurealis Awards fantasy division.-Plot introduction:...
  
  (2003)
• Gilfeather (2004)
• The Tainted (2004)

The Mirage Makers

• Heart of the Mirage (2006)
• The Shadow of Tyr (2007)
• Song of the Shiver Barrens (2007)

The Watergivers

Series also referred to as The Stormlord Trilogy

• The Last Stormlord (2009)
• Stormlord Rising (July 2010)
• Stormlord's Exile (August 2011)

Aurealis Awards

Fantasy division

• Finalist: The Aware (2003)
• Finalist: The Tainted (2004)
• Finalist: Heart of the Mirage (2006)
• Finalist: Song of the Shiver Barrens (2007)
• Finalist: The Last Stormlord (2009)

External links

• Glenda Larke's website
• Glenda Larke's blog
• Glenda Larke at Voyager Books