A. L. McCann explained

Andrew Lachlan McCann is an Australian academic and writer of horror fiction.

Biography

McCann lives in Victoria and holds both an MA from the University of Melbourne and a PhD from Cornell University.^[1] His academic work has won him awards and fellowships.^[1] McCann has also published works in topics such as politics and history. He is a lecturer at the Melbourne University's English Department.^[1] McCann's first novel, The White Body of Evening was published in 2002 by HarperCollins.^[2] It won the 2002 Aurealis Award for best horror novel.^[3] His second novel was released in 2005, entitled Subtopia, and was published by Vulgar Press.^[4]

As a Sydney Review of Books contributor, McCann's subjects have ranged from Otto Dov Kulka to David Woodard.^[5]

Web site: A L McCann . . 2010-01-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111201015916/http://harpercollins.com.au/authors/50018335/A_L_McCann/index.aspx . 2011-12-01 .
Web site: The White Body of Evening by A L McCann . Eidolon Publications . 2010-01-03.
Web site: aurealis awards, previous years’ results . . 2010-01-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101224172144/http://www.aurealisawards.com/downloads/history1995_2008.pdf.pdf . 24 December 2010 .
Web site: Subtopia / A.L. McCann . . 2010-01-03.
McCann, Andrew, e.g., "Metropolis of Death" (5 Apr 2013), "Allegory and the German (Half) Century" (28 Aug 2015), Sydney Review of Books.