She illustrated this and the other three books that completed this series herself with pen and ink drawings.

The Legend of Little Fur was Isobelles first series for younger readers. She wrote The Wrong Thing which was illustrated by Declan Lee, Journey from the Centre of the Earth, illustrated by Mark Mc Bride and The Night School illustrated by Anne Spudvilas, was this year shortlisted for an Aurealis Award. Isobelle has also written many books for younger readers. Alyzon Whitestarr won a Golden Aurealis when it was published. Darksong won an Aurealis Award in its year.

Greylands was named a White Raven at Bologna Book Fair and the title story of the Green Monkey Dream collection won Best short story in the Aurealis Awards when it was published. Billy Thunder and the Night Gate was shortlisted for the Patricia Wrightson Prize for Childrens Literature in the 2001 NSW Premiers Literary Awards. Scatterlings won Talking Book of the year in 1992 and in 1993 The Gathering was a joint winner of 1993 CBC Book of the Year Award and winner of the 1994 Children's Literature Peace Prize. She has written many award winning short stories and books for young people since then. The series and her short stories have established her at the forefront of fantasy writing in Australia. The first book was accepted by the first publisher she sent it to and went on to be short-listed in the Older Readers section of the Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award for older readers. Isobelle began the first of her highly acclaimed Obernewtyn Chronicles while she was still at high school and worked on it while completing a Bachelor of Arts and then a journalism cadetship.

Night gate by isobelle carmody