Kirstyn McDermott explained

Kirstyn McDermott
Birth Place:	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Writer
Nationality:	Australian
Period:	1993–present
Genre:	Speculative fiction
Spouse:	Jason Nahrung
Awards:	2020 Convenors' Award for excellence (Aurealis Award)

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 , 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		"Smile for Me"		Honourable mention^[9]
2004		"The Truth About Pug Roberts"	Best short story	Nomination
2007	Ditmar Award	"Cold"	Best short story	Nomination^[10]
2008	Aurealis Award	"Painlessness"	Best horror short story	Won
2009		"Painlessness"	Best short fiction	Won^[11]
	Ditmar Award	Midnight Echo (with Ian Mond)	Best collected work	Nomination
		"Painlessness"	Best Australian novella or novelette	Won
2010	Aurealis Award	Madigan Mine		Won
	Australian Shadows Award	Madigan Mine	Best long fiction	Nomination^[12]
		"She Said"	Best short fiction	Won^[13]
		"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
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 (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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kirstyn McDermott talks about Madigan Mine . Jade . Lazarevic . . 13 June 2011 . https://archive.today/20121231012819/http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/kirstyn-mcdermott-talks-about-madigan-mine/1900134.aspx . 31 December 2012 . live .
2. Web site: About Me . Kirstynmcdermott.com . 13 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819114552/http://kirstynmcdermott.com/about/ . 19 August 2011 . live .
3. Web site: Kirstyn McDermott (Contributor of Best New Horror 22) . Goodreads . 13 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110405063445/http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2731811.Kirstyn_McDermott . 5 April 2011 . live .
4. Web site: Fiction . Kirstynmcdermott.com . 13 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110515135720/http://kirstynmcdermott.com/fiction/ . 15 May 2011 . live .
5. Web site: The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2004 Ditmar Awards . . 13 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100118120753/http://locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Ditmar2004.html . 18 January 2010 . dead .
6. Web site: The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2009 Aurealis Awards . . 13 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090315051727/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis2009.html#hs. 2009-03-15. dead.
7. Web site: The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2009 Ditmar Awards . . 13 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100103025025/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Ditmar2009.html#nva. 2010-01-03. dead.
8. Web site: 2010 Aurealis Award winners . SpecFaction NSW . 21 May 2011 . PDF . 30 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110821155648/http://www.aurealisawards.com/winners2010.pdf . 21 August 2011 . dead .
9. Web site: Aurealis Awards Previous Years' Results . . PDF . 19 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110707185328/http://www.aurealisawards.com/downloads/aurealis-1995-2009-compiled-lists.pdf . 7 July 2011 . dead .
10. Web site: The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2007 Ditmar Awards . . 13 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080516124741/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Ditmar2007.html#shf. 2008-05-16. dead.
11. Web site: 2009 Nominees and Winners . Continuum Foundation . 13 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110813223619/http://confound.wikispot.org/2009_Nominees_and_Winners . 13 August 2011 . dead .
12. Web site: 2010 Australian Shadows Awards: Finalists . . 27 February 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110407075257/http://australianhorror.com/index.php?view=256 . 7 April 2011 . live .
13. Web site: 2010 Australian Shadows Awards: Winners . . 17 April 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110515133618/http://australianhorror.com/index.php?view=262 . 15 May 2011 . live .
14. Web site: The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2011 Bram Stoker Awards . . 13 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110811082150/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Stoker2011.html#nva. 2011-08-11. dead.
15. Web site: 2011 Nominees and Winners . Continuum Foundation . 13 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110813223903/http://confound.wikispot.org/2011_Nominees_and_Winners . 13 August 2011 . dead .
16. Web site: Natcon Fifty Ditmar Awards . . 13 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110809161651/http://2011.swancon.com.au/natcon-fifty-ditmar-awards/ . 9 August 2011 . live .
17. Web site: 2012 Aurealis Awards Winners Announced . Spec Faction . 24 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131030221659/http://www.aurealisawards.com/AA-winners_2012_media-release.pdf . 30 October 2013 . dead .
18. Web site: 2021-07-09. Aurealis Awards 2020 winners announced. 2021-07-09. Books+Publishing. en-AU.