Ly de Angeles

Ly de Angeles[1] (born 20 December 1951) is the author of 8 books ranging from witchcraft and tarot to magical realism. She has directed for stage and screen, producing her first short film The Redemption of Joe Frame in 2009. She is currently writing feature-length stories for screen.

Early life

Ly de Angeles was born in Sydney in 1951; she remained there until her early thirties, when she relocated to Victoria's high country. In 1991 she moved to Byron Bay, Northern NSW.

Career

De Angeles was a colleague of Nevill Drury (1947 – 2013) author, anthropologist and editor whom she met in 1981 working at Harper and Row. He published her first bookThe Way of the Goddess [2] (under the name of Ly Warren-Clarke) in 1987.

Her company Full Story Productions was established in 2010. In 2013 she moved to Melbourne to complete post graduate work at Deakin University and finalised a memoir.

Personal life

De Angeles is the mother of three children and has five grandchildren. She has studied martial arts such as Hapkido, Aikido, Iaido and MMA. She is a member of the Victorian Writers Centre. She is currently writing in the crime/supernatural thriller genre in both short story and screenplay. She has optioned her first feature film to a Melbourne production company and is currently working on a second.

Works

Non Fiction
  • The Way of the Goddess (Unity/Prism, UK, 1987)
  • The Way of Merlyn (Unity/Prism, UK, 1990)
  • Witchcraft Theory and Practice (Llewellyn Worldwide, USA, 2000)
  • When I See the Wild God (Llewellyn Worldwide, USA, 2004)
  • Pagan Visions for a Sustainable Future (Llewellyn Worldwide, USA, 2005)
  • Tarot Theory and Practice (Llewellyn Worldwide, USA, 2007)
  • Body Language [3] (Createspace, USA, 2013)

Fiction
  • The Quickening (Llewellyn Worldwide, USA, 2005, reprinted with Createspace, 2012)
  • The Shining Isle (Llewellyn Worldwide, USA, 2006, reprinted with Createspace, 2012)
  • Genesis [4] (Createspace, USA, 2012)

Short Fiction
  • Comeuppance (The Crime Factory, Issue 15, 2014)

Filmography
  • The Redemption of Joe Frame
  • Wings
  • A Fool Like Me

Articles

Interview

An Interview with Ly de Angeles,[5] by Michael Nightsky, describes her views on witchcraft and discusses her books.

Awards
  • 2006 Winner COVR award, Magical Realism, The Quickening (Llewellyn Worldwide, USA)
  • 2010 Winner Byron All Shorts (Flickerfest subsidiary), Jury Prize, The Redemption of Joe Frame

References
  1. "Home". Lydeangeles.com. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  2. "The Way of the Goddess: A Manual for Wiccan Initiation: Ly Warren-Clarke: 9781853270062: Amazon.com: Books". Amazon.com. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. Ms Ly de Angeles (Author). "Body Language: Ms Ly de Angeles: 9781493717293: Amazon.com: Books". Amazon.com. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  4. Ly de Angeles (Author). "Genesis: Ly de Angeles: 9781475040425: Amazon.com: Books". Amazon.com. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  5. "Llewellyn Worldwide - Interview with Ly de Angeles". Llewellyn.com. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
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