Kirstyn McDermott
Kirstyn McDermott | |
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Born | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | Australian |
Period | 1993–present |
Genre | Speculative fiction |
Notable awards | 2020 Convenors' Award for excellence (Aurealis Award) |
Spouse | Jason Nahrung |
Website | |
kirstynmcdermott |
Kirstyn McDermott is an Australian writer of speculative fiction.
Biography
[edit]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 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
[edit]Year | Award | Work | Category | Result |
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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] |
2020 | Aurealis Award | Never Afters: Female Friendship and Collaboration in Contemporary Re-visioned Fairy Tales by Women | Convenors’ award for excellence | Won[18] |
Bibliography
[edit]Novels
[edit]- Madigan Mine (2010)
- Perfections (2012)
Short fiction
[edit]- "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)
- "Triquetra" (2018) on Tor.com (available online)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Lazarevic, Jade (29 July 2010). "Kirstyn McDermott talks about Madigan Mine". The Newcastle Herald. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ "About Me". Kirstynmcdermott.com. 20 May 2009. Archived from the original on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ "Kirstyn McDermott (Contributor of Best New Horror 22)". Goodreads. Archived from the original on 5 April 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ "Fiction". Kirstynmcdermott.com. 29 July 2009. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ a b "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2004 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 18 January 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ a b "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2009 Aurealis Awards". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 15 March 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ a b c "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2009 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ a b "2010 Aurealis Award winners" (PDF). SpecFaction NSW. 21 May 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ^ "Aurealis Awards Previous Years' Results" (PDF). Aurealis Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
- ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2007 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ "2009 Nominees and Winners". Continuum Foundation. Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ "2010 Australian Shadows Awards: Finalists". Australian Horror Writers Association. Archived from the original on 7 April 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ^ "2010 Australian Shadows Awards: Winners". Australian Horror Writers Association. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
- ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2011 Bram Stoker Awards". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ "2011 Nominees and Winners". Continuum Foundation. Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ a b "Natcon Fifty Ditmar Awards". SwanCon. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ "2012 Aurealis Awards Winners Announced" (PDF). Spec Faction. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ^ "Aurealis Awards 2020 winners announced". Books Publishing. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.