ABOUT
Astrid Scholte is the internationally bestselling and award-winning author of fantasy novels. When she's not writing, she works in film and animation production. Career highlights include working on James Cameron's Avatar and Disney's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. She currently works at Industrial Light & Magic on the latest blockbuster.
Longer Bio
Astrid Scholte has loved telling stories for as long as she can remember, writing her first "novel" at age 5. Her desire to be surrounded by all things fantastical led her to pursue a career in the visual effects and animation industry. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Film, Media and Theatre and a Bachelor of Digital Media from the University of New South Wales and the College of Fine Arts in Sydney.
She has spent over a decade working in visual effects and animation production as both an artist and an artist manager. Career highlights include working on James Cameron's Avatar, Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin and Marvel and Disney's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. She currently works at Industrial Light & Magic and helps movies get made.
Four Dead Queens was her debut novel and was released by Putnam (Penguin Random House) on the 26th of February 2019 and with Allen & Unwin on the 4th of March. It has been released in numerous foreign territories and is an international bestseller. Four Dead Queens was shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers Award (2020) and won the Davitt Award for Best YA Crime Novel (2020) and the WAYRBA (2021). The Vanishing Deep was shortlisted for Aurealis Award: Best Fantasy Novel (2020) and the Bookbound prize (2021). League of Liars was the winner of the Tome Society Book Award (2024) and shortlisted for the Aurealis Awards: Best Young Adult Novel (2022), among others. The sequel to League of Liars, Shadows of Truth, is out now!
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Astrid is also a traditionally trained oil painter and enjoys painting her favorite fictional characters. She lives in Australia with her two Burmese cats and husband, among her ever-growing mountain of Disney memorabilia.