Kirstyn McDermott

Kirstyn McDermott
BornNewcastle, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationWriter
NationalityAustralian
Period1993–present
GenreSpeculative fiction
Notable awards2020 Convenors' Award for excellence (Aurealis Award)
SpouseJason 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 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]
2020 Aurealis Award Never Afters: Female Friendship and Collaboration in Contemporary Re-visioned Fairy Tales by Women Convenors’ award for excellence Won[18]

Bibliography

Novels

  • Madigan Mine (2010)
  • Perfections (2012)

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)
  • "Triquetra" (2018) on Tor.com (available online)

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "About Me". Kirstynmcdermott.com. 20 May 2009. Archived from the original on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Kirstyn McDermott (Contributor of Best New Horror 22)". Goodreads. Archived from the original on 5 April 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Fiction". Kirstynmcdermott.com. 29 July 2009. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Aurealis Awards Previous Years' Results" (PDF). Aurealis Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  10. ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2007 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  11. ^ "2009 Nominees and Winners". Continuum Foundation. Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  12. ^ "2010 Australian Shadows Awards: Finalists". Australian Horror Writers Association. Archived from the original on 7 April 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  13. ^ "2010 Australian Shadows Awards: Winners". Australian Horror Writers Association. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  14. ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2011 Bram Stoker Awards". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  15. ^ "2011 Nominees and Winners". Continuum Foundation. Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  16. ^ a b "Natcon Fifty Ditmar Awards". SwanCon. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  17. ^ "2012 Aurealis Awards Winners Announced" (PDF). Spec Faction. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  18. ^ "Aurealis Awards 2020 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
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