Margo Lanagan

2 universes Last reviewed 2026-09-25

Margo Lanagan was born in 1960 in Waratah, New South Wales, Australia. She grew up in Raymond Terrace before her family moved to Melbourne in the early 1970s, and she later relocated to Sydney in 1982 after a period of overseas travel. An Australian author known especially for short fiction and young adult work spanning fantasy, horror, and children's literature, she attended the Clarion West Writers Workshop in 1999 and later taught there in 2011 and 2013. Her short story collection Black Juice (2004) won two World Fantasy Awards and a Printz Honor, and her follow-up collection White Time (2006) was named a Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association. Her novel Tender Morsels (2008), a dark reimagining of the fairy tale 'Snow White and Rose Red,' received a Printz Honor and won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 2009. Sea Hearts (2012), a selkie novel expanded from an earlier novella, won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella. Her short story 'Singing My Sister Down' received both Hugo and Nebula nominations. Lanagan is widely regarded as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary dark fantasy and fairy-tale retellings, known for lyrical prose and unflinching subject matter.

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Books

• Tender Morsels (2008) · Tender Morsels Core Canon
• Sea Hearts (2012) · Sea Hearts Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

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• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 2 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 7 (6 won, 1 honor mention)

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