Catherine Fisher

Catherine Fisher - author, writer, novelist, Wales, UK

“A writer of rare talent.”
Sunday Times

“Catherine Fisher – one of today’s best fantasy writers.”
The Independent

“One novel stands out above all others – Catherine Fisher’s Incarceron. One of the best fantasy novels written for a long time.”
The Times

“My book of the year – Catherine Fisher’s Incarceron.”
The New Statesman

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I hope you enjoy browsing the site. You’ll find up-to-date news, information on all the books I’ve written and a Question and Answer page for you to ask me for anything further – Catherine

Catherine Fisher - author, writer, novelist, UK -

Catherine Fisher is a poet and author of children’s fiction. Catherine has won many awards for her work, including The Cardiff International Poetry Prize. The Oracle was shortlisted for the Whitbread Children’s Book Prize. Incarceron was The Times Children’s Book of the Year and New York Times Bestseller.

I am now booking author visits to schools, colleges, adult groups and festivals for autumn and spring terms. If your school is studying The Clockwork Crow or any other of my books, contact me on the form on this website to discuss dates and times. World Book Day is already booked, but I can do other dates […] [...] Read more...
A few people have been asking about the progress of the third INCARCERON novel, Lachrymere. Well, the good news is that it’s finished, after I’ve spent about a year writing it. It was a fascinating process and I feel the story has now reached its appropriate ending. It is now on its journey to find a publisher, […] [...] Read more...
On March 1st 2026 Firefly Press will republish The Candleman, my novel from 1994, as the first in its new series of Classic Childrens’ novels from Wales. It’s certainly time Wales had a series like this, and I hope the book will be joined by many well-loved volumes in the future. The Candleman will have […] [...] Read more...
Here’s one from the archives. The year is 1989, late June, and my first poetry collection Imramma had just won the Welsh Arts Council Young Writers Prize. In those days the prizes were awarded to, I think, 4 Welsh language and 4 English language writers, plus the youngster. These prizes are now the Book of the […] [...] Read more...
The Three Impostors Press are republishing Arthur Machen’s first world War thriller The Terror, in a limited edition hardback with an introduction from Tim Lebbon. Tim will be talking about the book, and I will be reading from it, at Arcadia Cafe in Newport on December 5th. I’ll also be bringing some of my own books for sale. […] [...] Read more...
It’s been over a hundred years since the Wolf swallowed the Sun, and the town of Starspill is wreathed in eternal fog. But a boy called Zac  is woken at night and given a task to do by the haughty cats of the town… even though the thought of him scares him stiff! … I […] [...] Read more...
My new novel for children,  STARSPILL, will be published on 6th September by Firefly Press, with a lovely cover by Anne Glenn. It features cats, stars, books and a lot of Fog, and was great fun to write. I hope all readers of the CLOCKWORK CROW series will enjoy it.     [...] Read more...
I’m delighted to reveal the cover for Culhwch and Olwen (designed and illustrated by Efa Lois. Published by Graffeg Press. ) Publication is on 6th June, and it will be great to see a project I have long wanted to write out in the world. This is the earliest full Arthurian tale, an explosion of […] [...] Read more...
Poetry Wales I’m delighted to have a poem in the most recent edition of Wales’ premier poetry magazine, Poetry Wales. Dylan Eil Ton is about a character in the Mabinogi who appears only briefly and then runs away from his own story. As most of us would like to, probably, at some time! I am […] [...] Read more...
The Yellow Nineties was launched at Atlantis Bookshop in London last week with a very receptive and friendly audience. The booklet is the third in the London Adventures series published by the Three Impostors Press. The first two in the series are House of Flies by Iain Sinclair and Alice of London Fields by Xiaolu Guo. Each is […] [...] Read more...
Someone is stealing the Tears of Sapphique…   Readers who enjoyed the first two Incarceron novels may be interested to hear that I am now writing a third. Lachrymere is well underway, and it’s early days as yet, but I am very much enjoying re-visiting the dark and dangerous world of the Prison and the […] [...] Read more...
Happy 2024. It promises to be a busy year. My new children’s fantasy novel STARSPILL will be published this year from Firefly Press, probably in October. Set in a Fog-bound town where the cats can talk, it features falling stars, a labyrinthine Map and a Wolf that swallowed the Sun. I hope it will be […] [...] Read more...

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