{{short description|American novelist}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> |name = Ysabeau S. Wilce |birth_date = Unknown |birth_place = California, US |occupation = [[Novelist]] |period = 2006 to present |genre = [[Fantasy]], [[Speculative fiction]] |notableworks = ''[[Flora Segunda]],'' ''[[Flora's Dare]]'' |website = {{URL|yswilce.com}} }} {{needs IPA|date=September 2025}} {{external media|| width = 220px| image1 = [http://strangeandfascinating.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ysabeau_wilce.jpg Ysabeau S. Wilce, circa 2007]}} [[File:Jack2 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Spring Heeled Jack]] (1904), who inspired Wilce's ''Bouncing Boy Terror'' <ref>[http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-ysabeau-s-wilce/ Author Spotlight: Ysabeau S. Wilce, 2014]</ref>]] '''Ysabeau S. Wilce''' (pronounced ''Iz-a-bow Wils'') is an [[American literature|American author]] of young adult fantasy novels. Her novels feature the rebellious young heroine Flora Fyrdraaca and her adventures in the fictional land of Califa.

==Life== Ysabeau S. Wilce was born in [[Northern California]]. As an adult she has traveled the world and lived in [[San Francisco]], [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]], [[Miami]], [[Mexico City]], [[Madrid]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Maryland]], [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]], [[Philadelphia]], and [[Brooklyn]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bookpage.com/0701bp/ysabeau_wilce.html |title=What lies behind the magical doors of Crackpot Hall? Interview by Kelly Link |year=2007 |work=Book Page: America's Book Review |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014085207/http://www.bookpage.com/0701bp/ysabeau_wilce.html |archivedate=October 14, 2008 }}</ref> She has a graduate degree in military history and lives in Oakland.

==Works==

===Novels=== *''Flora Segunda: Being the Magickal Mishaps of a Girl of Spirit, Her Glass-Gazing Sidekick, Two Ominous Butlers (One Blue), a House with Eleven Thousand Rooms, and a Red Dog'' (2007) *''Flora's Dare: How a Girl of Spirit Gambles All to Expand Her Vocabulary, Confront a Bouncing Boy Terror, and Try to Save Califa from a Shaky Doom (Despite Being Confined to Her Room)'' (2008) *''Flora's Fury: How a Girl of Spirit and a Red Dog Confound Their Friends, Astound Their Enemies, and Learn the Importance of Packing Light'' (2012) *

===Short-story collections=== *Prophecies, Libels & Dreams: Stories of Califa (2014)<ref>Briefly reviewed in the July 2015 issue of ''[[Asimov's Science Fiction]]'', pp.107–111</ref>

==Awards== *Winner of the 2008 [[Andre Norton Award]] for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy for ''Flora’s Dare: How a Girl of Spirit Gambles All to Expand Her Vocabulary, Confront a Bouncing Boy Terror, and Try to Save Califa from a Shaky Doom (Despite Being Confined to Her Room)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-04-27 |title=Awards: Los Angeles Times; Nebulas; Minnesota |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=909 |access-date=2026-05-28 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]]}}</ref>'' * Two-time [[Otherwise Award]] Honor List Member *A New York Times Editor's Choice *A [[Voice of Youth Advocates|VOYA]] Best Book of 2006 *A [[Kirkus Reviews|Kirkus]] Best Book of 2007

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{Wikiquote}} *[http://www.yswilce.com/ The Official Site of Ysabeau Wilce] *[https://califapolicegazette.blogspot.com/ The Califa Police Gazette] *[http://yswilce.livejournal.com/ The Califa Police Gazette Society Page] *[http://slayground.livejournal.com/252166.html Interview: Ysabeau Wilce] *[https://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2007/04/author-interview-ysabeau-s-wilce-on.html Author Interview: Ysabeau S. Wilce on Flora Segunda] *{{ISFDB name}}

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