Amie Kaufman Amie Kaufman i(6421900 works by)
Gender: Female
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Amie Kaufman is a Melbourne-based author. She is best known for her collaborative works, including two series with American author Megan Spooner (Starbound Trilogy and Unearthed duology) and one with Australian author Jay Kristoff (Illuminae Trilogy), but has also published solo works, including Elementals: Ice Wolves. Her works have won a range of awards, including Aurealis Awards, the Gold Inky, and an Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA).

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y separately published work icon The Isles of the Gods Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2023 25763081 2023 single work novel fantasy

'Magic, romance, and slumbering gods clash in the start of a riveting fantasy series spanning gangsters' dens, forgotten temples, and the high seas from the New York Times bestselling author of the Illuminae Files and the Aurora Cycle.

'Selly has saltwater in her veins. So when her father leaves her high and dry in the port of Kirkpool, she has no intention of riding out the winter at home while he sails to adventure in the north seas. But any plans to follow him are dashed when a handsome stranger with tell-tale magician's marks on his arms commandeers her ship under cover of darkness: He is Prince Leander of Alinor, and he needs to cross the Crescent Sea without detection so he can complete a ritual on the sacred Isles of the Gods.

'Selly has no desire to escort a spoiled prince anywhere, and no time for his entitled demands or his good looks. But what starts as a leisure cruise will lead to acts of treason and sheer terror on the high seas, bringing two countries to the brink of war, two strangers closer than they ever thought possible and two dangerous gods stirring from centuries of slumber...' (Publication summary) 

2024 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Australian Book of the Year for Older Children
2024 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Older Readers
2024 longlisted Indie Awards Young Adult
y separately published work icon Aurora's End Melbourne : Penguin Random House Australia , 2021 21781806 2021 single work novel young adult science fiction

'The squad you love is out of time. Prepare for the thrilling finale in the epic, best-selling Aurora Cycle series about a band of unlikely heroes who just might be the galaxy's last hope for survival.

'Is this the end?

'What happens when you ask a bunch of losers, discipline cases, and misfits to save the galaxy from an ancient evil? The ancient evil wins, of course.

'Wait. . . . Not. So. Fast.

'When we last saw Squad 312, they working together seamlessly (aka, freaking out) as an intergalactic battle raged and an ancient superweapon threatened to obliterate Earth. Everything went horribly wrong, naturally.

'But as it turns out, not all endings are endings, and the team has one last chance to rewrite theirs. Maybe two. It's complicated.

'Cue Zila, Fin, and Scarlett (and MAGELLAN!): making friends, making enemies, and making history? Sure, no problem

'Cue Tyler, Kal, and Auri: uniting with two of the galaxy’s most hated villains? Um, okay. That, too.

'Actually saving the galaxy, though?

'Now that will take a miracle.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2021 finalist Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction Science Fiction Division Novel
2021 finalist Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction Young Adult Division Novel
y separately published work icon The Other Side of the Sky Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2020 19670536 2020 single work novel young adult fantasy

'A magnetic and addictive tale of star-crossed love, inexplicable magic and an impossible choice. Science and faith collide in this tale of magic, destiny and the changing truths found through love by the award-winning authors of the bestselling Starbound trilogy.

'Two worlds, two hearts and a choice that will shape their fate forever.

'Prince North's home is in the sky, in a gleaming city held aloft by intricate unknown technology. But North believes his sky island is sinking. Its engines are failing, and the key to saving his home is to venture to the place the engines were first created.

'Nimh is the living goddess of her people on the surface, responsible for providing answers, direction - hope. But in the midst of the surface's worst crisis yet, a mist that spreads madness and poison, doubts have arisen among the people about Nimh's divinity. She must find a way to manifest her power - before she is overthrown, and all is lost.

'North's and Nimh's lives are entwined - though their hearts can never be. Linked by a terrifying prophecy and caught between duty and fate, they must choose to either save their people, or succumb to the bond that is forbidden to them.' (Publication summary)

2021 shortlisted REAL Awards Fiction for Years 7-9
2020 finalist Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction Young Adult Division Novel
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