Clockwork Universe

Tansy Rayner Roberts was born on May 22, 1978 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. She is a graduate of the University of Tasmania with a Bachelors of Arts (Honours) and PhD in Classics. Her first novel entitled Splashdance Silver was published in 1998. Some of her other books include Liquid Gold, Ink Black Magic, The Creature Court trilogy (Power and Majesty, The Shattered City, and Reign of Beasts), Love and Romanpunk (short stories), Musketeer Space, Cookie Cutter Superhero, and Of War and Wings.

Her work has received awards. She won the 2015 Ditmar Awards Best Collected Work for her editing, along with Tehani Wessely, of Cranky Ladies of History. She also won a 2015 Ditmar Awards Best Fan Publication for Galactic Suburbia, along with Alisa Krasnostein and Alexandra Pierce. In 2018, she won the 2017 Aurealis Award for the category, The Convenors' Award for Excellence, with her work, The Fictional Mother. Her novella, Girl Reporter, won the 2017 Aurealis Award for the Best science-fiction novella. And she was awarded the 2018 Ditmar Award for best novella, for Girl Reporter. Her nonfiction includes 50 Roman Mistresses: scandal, virtue and womanhood in Ancient Rome, Rereading the Empire trilogy, and other works. She also writes crime fiction under the name Livia Day. Her first mystery novel was A Trifle Dead. She is also a podcaster and blogger and is the overseas regional director of SFWA. .

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