Lisa Bennett completed a BFA (Hons) at the University of Ottawa before earning a BA (Hons) and PhD in medieval Icelandic literature and cultural memory at Flinders University. At Flinders, she has taught a wide variety of topics, including Vikings and Anglo-Saxon Literature, Reading and Writing Short Stories, Life Writing, Crime Fiction, Adaptations and advanced creative writing workshops. Under the name Lisa L. Hannett, she has published over 75 short stories in venues including Clarkesworld Magazine, Fantasy, Weird Tales, the Year's Best Australian Horror and Fantasy (Aus), the Year's Best Dark Horror and Fantasy (USA) and Imaginarium: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing (Can). She has won four Aurealis Awards, including 'Best Collection 2011' for her first book, Bluegrass Symphony, which was also nominated for a World Fantasy Award.

Novel writing
Fiction writing, particularly short stories and short story cycles
Speculative fiction (fantasy, magical realism, horror, science fiction, post-apocalyptic)
Contemporary Australian genre fiction
Contemporary fiction
Medieval literature, particularly Old Norse and Old English
Myths and mythology
Cultural Memory theory
Vikings in history and literature
Vikings in Popular Culture

• Jan 2018 Grace Chipperfield - Fulbright Scholarship

• Science Fiction (2)
• Literary fiction (1)
• Myth and magical realism (1)

• Life Writing (3)
• Historical fiction (1)
• Science Fiction (1)