Thoraiya Dyer is an award-winning Australian writer based in the lush, sweeping NSW Hunter Valley. Her short fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld, Apex, Redstone SF, Nature and Cosmos, among others (for a full list, see www.thoraiyadyer.com).
‘The Company Articles of Edward Teach’ won the 2011 Ditmar Award for Best Novella/Novelette and Thoraiya was awarded the Ditmar for Best New Talent the same year. Her urban fantasy short story, ‘Yowie’, was joint winner of the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Short Story of 2010, and Thoraiya won this category again in 2011 with ‘Fruit of the Pipal Tree’ from the FableCroft anthology, After the Rain.
A member of SFWA, Thoraiya Dyer is represented by the Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency. Stay tuned for her first novel. Her other interests include archery, bushwalking, travel, and trying to hold onto the veterinary jargon that is slowly but steadily leaking out of her head with every year she spends as a stay-at-home mum.