Kirstyn McDermott
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| Born | Newcastle, NSW, Australia |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Period | 1993–present |
| Genre | Speculative fiction |
| Spouse | Jason Nahrung |
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Kirstyn McDermott is an Australian writer of speculative fiction.
Biography
McDermott was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia on 31 October.[1] She grew up in Woodberry, New South Wales and attended the University of Newcastle where she completed a Bachelor of Arts.[1][2] In 1995 McDermott moved to Melbourne where she currently lives with her husband Jason Nahrung.[1] McDermott is a member of the SuperNOVA writers group.[3]
McDermott was first published in 1993 with the short story "I Am the Silent Voyeur" being featured in Daarke Worlde No. 4.[4] Her 2003 short story "The Truth About Pug Roberts", featured in the anthology Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural, was nominated for the 2004 Ditmar Award for best short story.[5] Her short story "Painlessness" won the 2008 Aurealis Award for best horror short story and the 2009 Ditmar Award for best Australian novella or novelette.[6][7] In 2010 her first novel, Madigan Mine, was published by Picador and won the 2010 Aurealis Award for best horror novel as well as being nominated for three other awards.[8]
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Aurealis Award | "Smile for Me" | Best horror short story | Honourable mention[9] |
| 2004 | Ditmar Award | "The Truth About Pug Roberts" | Best short story | Nomination[5] |
| 2007 | Ditmar Award | "Cold" | Best short story | Nomination[10] |
| 2008 | Aurealis Award | "Painlessness" | Best horror short story | Won[6] |
| 2009 | Chronos Award | "Painlessness" | Best short fiction | Won[11] |
| Ditmar Award | Midnight Echo (with Ian Mond) | Best collected work | Nomination[7] | |
| "Painlessness" | Best Australian novella or novelette | Won[7] | ||
| 2010 | Aurealis Award | Madigan Mine | Best horror novel | Won[8] |
| Australian Shadows Award | Madigan Mine | Best long fiction | Nomination[12] | |
| "She Said" | Best short fiction | Won[13] | ||
| Bram Stoker Award | "Monsters Among Us" | Best long fiction | Nomination[14] | |
| 2011 | Chronos Award | Madigan Mine | Best long fiction | Won[15] |
| Ditmar Award | Madigan Mine | Best novel | Nomination[16] | |
| "She Said" | Best short story | Won[16] | ||
| 2012 | Aurealis Award | Perfections | Best horror novel | Won[17] |
Bibliography
Novels
- Madigan Mine (2010)
Short fiction
- "I Am the Silent Voyeur" (1993) in Daarke Worlde No. 4
- "Softly, Softly Tread the Night" (1993) in Opus
- "The Publican's Tale" (1994) in Opus
- "Rage" (1994) in Shadows of Life
- "And the Moon Yelps" (1994) in Bloodsongs No. 3 (ed. Chris A. Masters, Steve Proposch)
- "Running with the Gods" (1995) in Skintomb No. 6
- "Every Time She Spoke His Name" (1996) in Skintomb No. 7
- "Red" (1996) in Cosmopolitan
- "Tears for Broken Toys" (1997) in Bloodsongs No. 8 (ed. Steve Proposch)
- "Smile for Me" (2001) in Redsine No. 6
- "Silver and Gold, My Love, Silver and Gold" (2002) in Tourniquet Heart
- "Louisa" (2002) in Redsine No. 7 (ed. Garry Nurrish)
- "RavensPerch: A Faerie Tale" (2003) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine No. 5 (ed. Danuta Shaw)
- "The Truth About Pug Roberts" (2003) in Southern Blood (ed. Bill Congreve)
- "Cold" (2006) in Shadowed Realms No. 9
- "Somewhere Else: Jane" (2006) in Mitch? No. 4
- "Shadow Puppet" (2007) in FlashSpec No. 2
- "Golden" (2007) in Island No. 110
- "Painlessness" (2008) in Greatest Uncommon Denominator No. 2 (ed. Kaolin Fire, Sue Miller, Julia Bernd, Debbie Moorhouse)
- "Feather" (2008) in Black Box
- "Indigo in Absentia" (2008) in Southerly No. 68/3
- "Soon the Teeth" (2009) in Antipodean SF No. 128
- "She Said" (2010) in Scenes from the Second Storey (ed. Amanda Pillar, Pete Kempshall)
- "Monsters Among Us" (2010) in Macabre: A Journey through Australia's Darkest Fears (ed. Angela Challis, Marty Young)
- "We All Fall Down" (2010) in Aurealis No. 44 (ed. Stuart Mayne)
- "Frostbitten" in More Scary Kisses
- "She Said" in Novascapes (ed. C.E. Page)
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kirstyn McDermott. |
- General
- "Kirstyn McDermott – Summary Bibliography". ISFDB. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- "Fiction". Kirstynmcdermott.com. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- Specific
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lazarevic, Jade. "Kirstyn McDermott talks about Madigan Mine". The Newcastle Herald. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ↑ "About Me". Kirstynmcdermott.com. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ↑ "http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2731811.Kirstyn_McDermott". Goodreads. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ↑ "Fiction". Kirstynmcdermott.com. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2004 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2009 Aurealis Awards". Locus Online. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2009 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "2010 Aurealis Award winners" (PDF). SpecFaction NSW. 21 May 2011. Archived from the original on 30 May 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ↑ "Aurealis Awards Previous Years' Results" (PDF). Aurealis Awards. Archived from the original on 19 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
- ↑ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2007 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ↑ "2009 Nominees and Winners". Continuum Foundation. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ↑ "2010 Australian Shadows Awards: Finalists". Australian Horror Writers Association. Archived from the original on 27 February 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ↑ "2010 Australian Shadows Awards: Winners". Australian Horror Writers Association. Archived from the original on 17 April 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
- ↑ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2011 Bram Stoker Awards". Locus Online. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ↑ "2011 Nominees and Winners". Continuum Foundation. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Natcon Fifty Ditmar Awards". SwanCon. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ↑ "2012 Aurealis Awards Winners Announced". Spec Faction. Archived from the original on 24 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.