Kirstyn McDermott

Kirstyn McDermott
Born	Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Australian
Period	1993–present
Genre	Speculative fiction
Spouse	Jason Nahrung
Website
kirstynmcdermott.com

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

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. Lazarevic, Jade. "Kirstyn McDermott talks about Madigan Mine". The Newcastle Herald. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
2. "About Me". Kirstynmcdermott.com. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
3. "http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2731811.Kirstyn_McDermott". Goodreads. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011. External link in |title= (help)
4. "Fiction". Kirstynmcdermott.com. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
5. "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2004 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
6. "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2009 Aurealis Awards". Locus Online. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
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8. "2010 Aurealis Award winners" (PDF). SpecFaction NSW. 21 May 2011. Archived from the original on 30 May 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
9. "Aurealis Awards Previous Years' Results" (PDF). Aurealis Awards. Archived from the original on 19 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
10. "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2007 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
11. "2009 Nominees and Winners". Continuum Foundation. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
12. "2010 Australian Shadows Awards: Finalists". Australian Horror Writers Association. Archived from the original on 27 February 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
13. "2010 Australian Shadows Awards: Winners". Australian Horror Writers Association. Archived from the original on 17 April 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
14. "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2011 Bram Stoker Awards". Locus Online. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
15. "2011 Nominees and Winners". Continuum Foundation. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
16. "Natcon Fifty Ditmar Awards". SwanCon. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
17. "2012 Aurealis Awards Winners Announced" (PDF). Spec Faction. Archived from the original on 24 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.