Sylvia Kelso

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Sylvia Kelso (born 1946 in Townsville) is an Australian writer, critic, editor and academic based in North Queensland. She holds an MA in creative writing from the University of Western Australia and a PhD from James Cook University, where she is an adjunct lecturer in English. She writes fantasy and science fiction, usually set in analogue or outright Australian landscapes, and her work is densely descriptive, with complex worlds and detailed environments. Her critical interests include feminist theory and history, Gothic and horror fiction, science fiction and fantasy, and women's writing, and her essays deal mainly with feminist science fiction, including work on Lois McMaster Bujold and Samuel R. Delany. Her Amberlight novels were published by Juno Books and Jupiter Gardens Press, and by Wildside Press.

Universe(s)

Books

• Amberlight (2007) · Amberlight Core Canon
• Riversend (2009) · Amberlight Core Canon
• Source (2010) · Amberlight Core Canon
• Dragonfly (2017) · Amberlight Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 4 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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