There is just something so compelling about a young character bravely going off into an adventure to save someone, with her trusty companions by her side. In the United States and Canada this series is published by Random House in eight books this Penguin Australia book is split into two parts and published as Wavesong (Book Five) and The Stone Key (Book Six). Librarian's note: Penguin Australia is publishing the Obernewtyn Chronicles in six books, and The Stone Key is book five. She currently divides her time between her home on the Great Ocean Road in Australia and her travels abroad with her partner and daughter. She has received numerous honors for her writing, including multiple Aurealis Awards and Children's Book Council of Australia Awards. Isobelle was the guest of honor at the 2007 Australian National Science Fiction Convention.

Across all her writing, Isobelle shows a talent for balancing the mundane and the fantastic. Originally published in Australia as The Wrong Thing, the book features an ordinary housecat who stumbles upon something otherworldly.

Isobelle's most recent picture book, Magic Night, is a collaboration with illustrator Declan Lee. The Little Fur quartet is an eco-fantasy starring a half-elf, half-troll heroine and is fully illustrated by the author herself. Her still-unfinished Gateway Trilogy has been favorably compared to The Wizard of Oz and the Chronicles of Narnia. In addition to her young-adult novels, such as the Obernewtyn Chronicles and Alyzon Whitestarr, Isobelle's published works include several middle-grade fantasies. The series has established her at the forefront of fantasy writing in Australia.

Isobelle Carmody began the first novel of her highly acclaimed Obernewtyn Chronicles while she was still in high school.

Night gate by isobelle carmody