Kaaron Warren
Encyclopedia
Kaaron Warren is an Australian author
of horror
, science fiction
, and fantasy
short stories
and novels.
She is the author of the short story collections The Grinding House
, which won the 2006 ACT Writing and Publishing Awards
and Dead Sea Fruit. Her short stories have won both the Ditmar
and Aurealis Award
.
Her debut novel
, Slights
, was published by HarperCollins' new Angry Robot offshoot in July 2009, followed by "Walking the Tree" in February 2010 and "Mistification", forthcoming in June 2011.
Author
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of horror
Horror fiction
Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...
, science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
, and fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
short stories
Short Stories
Short Stories may refer to:*A plural for Short story*Short Stories , an American pulp magazine published from 1890-1959*Short Stories, a 1954 collection by O. E...
and novels.
She is the author of the short story collections The Grinding House
The Grinding House
The Grinding House is a short story collection published by the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild. Printed in 2005 and edited by Donna Maree Hanson, it contains stories by Kaaron Warren...
, which won the 2006 ACT Writing and Publishing Awards
ACT Writing and Publishing Awards
The ACT Writing and Publishing Awards are an Australian literary award presented by the ACT Writers Centre for the best books in the categories of non-fiction, fiction, poetry and children's literature written in the Canberra region. They have been awarded since 2004...
and Dead Sea Fruit. Her short stories have won both the Ditmar
Ditmar Award
The Ditmar Award has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction and science fiction fandom...
and Aurealis Award
Aurealis Award
Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award.-History:...
.
Her debut novel
Debut novel
A debut novel is the first novel an author publishes. Debut novels are the author's first opportunity to make an impact on the publishing industry, and thus the success or failure of a debut novel can affect the ability of the author to publish in the future...
, Slights
Slights
Slights is a 2009 horror novel by Australian writer Kaaron Warren. It is her debut novel and is about a woman who withdraws from society and has near death experiences in which she enters a dark room where she is tormented by people she had previously slighted...
, was published by HarperCollins' new Angry Robot offshoot in July 2009, followed by "Walking the Tree" in February 2010 and "Mistification", forthcoming in June 2011.
Novels
- SlightsSlightsSlights is a 2009 horror novel by Australian writer Kaaron Warren. It is her debut novel and is about a woman who withdraws from society and has near death experiences in which she enters a dark room where she is tormented by people she had previously slighted...
(Angry Robot, July 2009 [UK, Australia]/September 2010 [US/rest of world]) ISBN 978-0-85766-007-7 (US) - Walking the Tree (Angry Robot, February 2010 [UK/Australia]/January 2011 [US/rest of world]) ISBN 978-0-85766-043-5 (US)
- Mistification (Angry Robot, June 2011 [UK, Australia]/July 2011 [US/rest of world) ISBN 978-0-85766-108-1 (UK), ISBN 978-0-85766-109-8 (US)
Collections
- The Grinding House (CSFG Publishing, 2005) ISBN 0-9581390-3-2
- Dead Sea Fruit (Ticonderoga PublicationsTiconderoga PublicationsTiconderoga Publications is an Australian independent publishing house founded by Russell B. Farr in 1996 and now run by Farr and Liz Grzyb. The publisher specialises in collections of science fiction short stories.-History and current:...
, 2010)
Short fiction
- "White Bed" (1993) in Shrieks
- "The Blue Stream" (1994) in AurealisAurealisAurealis is a Australian speculative fiction magazine published by Chimaera Publications. The magazine was launched in September 1990 to provide a market for speculative fiction writers, with a particular emphasis on raising the profile of Australian authors.In 1995 the magazine instituted the...
#14 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser) - "The Salamander" (1994) in Don't Cross the Water and Other Warnings
- "Summer Coming" (1994) in Narcissus Magazine #10
- "The Wrong Seat" (1994) in Calling Up the Devil and Associated Misdemeanours
- "The First Interview" (1995) in UQ Social Alternatives Magazine, Volume 14, No. 3
- "Loud Music" (1995) in Spies, Lies and Watching Eyes
- "The Paper Room" (1995) in Going Down Swinging #15
- "Skin Holes" (1995) in Strange Fruit (ed. Paul CollinsPaul Collins (fantasy writer)Paul Collins is an Australian writer and editor who specializes in science fiction and fantasy.Collins has written many books for younger readers...
) - "The Hanging People" (1996) in BloodsongsBloodsongsBloodsongs magazine was created by Steve Proposch and Chris A. Masters in 1993 as a vehicle for original horror fiction. It was published by Bambada Press in Melbourne Australia from 1993 to 1997....
#7 (ed. Steve Proposch) - "A PositiveA Positive-Background:"A Positive" was first published in Australia in 1998 in issue #10 of the horror magazine Bloodsongs. The issue was edited by Steve Proposch and David G. Barnett and published by Implosion Publishing and was the last issue of Bloodsongs to be published...
" (1998) in Bloodsongs #10 - "The Glass Woman" (1998) in Aurealis #22 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser)
- "My Smile" (1999) in Nasty Snips (ed. Christopher C. Teague)
- "The School Fair" (1999) in Ghosts and Ghoulies (ed. Paul Collins, Meredith Costain)
- "The Left Behind" (2000) in Orb Speculative Fiction #1 (ed. Sarah Endacott)
- "The Speaker of Heaven" (2001) in Orb Speculative Fiction #2 (ed. Sarah Endacott)
- "Survival of the Last (2001) in Aurealis #27/28 (ed. Dirk Strasser, Stephen Higgins)
- "State of Oblivion" (2003) in ElsewhereElsewhere (Anthology)Elsewhere: An Anthology of Incredible Places is the third short story anthology published by the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild. Printed in 2003 and edited by Michael Barry, it contains stories from several Australian speculative fiction authors....
(ed. Michael Barry) - "Bone Dog" (2003) in Agog! Terrific Tales (ed. Cat Sparks)
- "Guarding the Mound" (2004) in Encounters (ed. Maxine McArthurMaxine McArthur-Biography:McArthur spent 16 years living in Japan but returned to live in Canberra in 1996. In 1999 McArthur's first book was released in Australia, entitled Time Future. It won the 1999 George Turner Award and finished ninth in 2000 Locus Awards for best first novel...
, Donna Maree Hanson) - "The Capture Diamonds" (2005), in Shadow Box
- "Doll Money" (2005) in Fables and Reflections, #7
- "Fresh Young Widow" (2005) in The Grinding HouseThe Grinding HouseThe Grinding House is a short story collection published by the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild. Printed in 2005 and edited by Donna Maree Hanson, it contains stories by Kaaron Warren...
- "The Grinding House" (2005) in The Grinding House
- "The Smell of Mice" (2005) in The Grinding House
- "Smoke" (2005) in The Grinding House
- "Smoko" (2005) in The Grinding House
- "The Sameness of Birthdays" (2005) in The Grinding House
- "Tiger Kill" (2005) in The Grinding House
- "Working for the God of the Love of Money " (2005) in The Grinding House
- "Al's Iso Bar" (2005) in The Grinding House
- "The Gibbet Bell" (2006) in Borderlands #7
- "The Softening" (2006) in Shadowed RealmsShadowed RealmsShadowed Realms was a dark flash fiction online magazine produced by Australian independent publisher Brimstone Press and edited by Angela Challis. A number of stories published in Shadowed Realms have won, or been nominated for, several speculative fiction awards. -Publication history:The first...
#9 - "Woman Train" (2006) in The OutcastThe Outcast (Anthology)The Outcast is the seventh short story anthology published by the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild. Printed in 2006 and edited by Nicole R...
(ed. Nicole R. Murphy) - "Dead Sea Fruit" (2006) in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2007 (ed. Kelly LinkKelly LinkKelly Link is an American editor and author of short stories. While some of her fiction falls more clearly within genre categories, many of her stories might be described as slipstream or magic realism: a combination of science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, and realism...
, Gavin GrantGavin GrantGavin J. Grant is a science fiction editor and writer. He runs Small Beer Press along with his wife Kelly Link. In addition, he has been the editor of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet since 1996 and, from 2003 to 2008, was co-editor of the Year's Best Fantasy and Horror anthology series along with...
, Ellen DatlowEllen DatlowEllen Datlow is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and anthologist.-Biography:Datlow was the fiction editor of Omni magazine and Omni Online from 1981 through 1998, and edited the ten associated Omni anthologies...
) - "Cooling the Crows" (2007) in In Bad Dreams, Volume One: Where Real Life Awaits (ed. Mark S. Deniz, Sharyn Lilley)
- "Coalescence" (2007) in Aurealis #37 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Stuart Mayne)
- "His Lipstick Minx" (2007) in The Workers' Paradise
- "Polish" (2007) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight MagazineAndromeda Spaceways Inflight MagazineAndromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine or ASIM is a fantasy and science fiction magazine and webzine published out of Glenn Innes, New South Wales, Australia. The publishers of ASIM describe it as "Australia's Pulpiest SF Magazine". The magazine is currently edited by Robbie Matthews and is...
#28 (ed. Zara Baxter) - "Ghost Jail" (2008) in The Apex Book of World SF (ed. Lavie TidharLavie TidharLavie Tidhar is an Israeli born writer. He lived in the United Kingdom and South Africa for long periods of time. He had also lived in Vanuatu and Laos.-Early life:Tidhar grew up in the communal atmosphere of an Israeli Kibbutz...
) - "Down to the Silver Spirits" (2008) in Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban FantasyPaper Cities: An Anthology of Urban FantasyPaper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy is a 2008 speculative fiction anthology edited by Ekaterina Sedia.-Background:Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy was first published in 2008 by Senses Five Press in trade paperback format. It won the 2009 World Fantasy Award for best anthology....
(ed. Ekaterina SediaEkaterina SediaEkaterina Sedia is a Russian-born fantasy author who is currently living in the United States. Her most recent work is The Alchemy of Stone, a steampunk novel that explores sexism and class bigotry. Alchemy received a star review from Publishers Weekly and was made the LA Timess 2008 Summer...
) - "The Gaze Dogs of Nine Waterfall" (2009) in The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two (ed. Ellen Datlow)
- "The Tell" (2009) in Poe (ed. Ellen Datlow)
- "That Girl" (2010) in Haunted Legends (ed. Ellen Datlow, Nick MamatasNick MamatasNick Mamatas is an American horror, science fiction and fantasy author and editor for the Haikasoru line of translated Japanese science fiction novels for Viz Media...
)
Wins
- 2006 ACT Writing and Publishing AwardACT Writing and Publishing AwardsThe ACT Writing and Publishing Awards are an Australian literary award presented by the ACT Writers Centre for the best books in the categories of non-fiction, fiction, poetry and children's literature written in the Canberra region. They have been awarded since 2004...
, fiction: The Grinding House - 2006 Ditmar AwardDitmar AwardThe Ditmar Award has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction and science fiction fandom...
, Novella/novelette: "The Grinding House" - 2006 Ditmar Award, Short story: "Fresh Young Widow"
- 1999 Aurealis AwardAurealis AwardAurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award.-History:...
, Horror short story: "A Positive"
Nominations
- 2008 Ditmar Award, Short story: "His Lipstick Minx"
- 2006 Ditmar Award, Collected work: The Grinding House
- 2006 Australian Shadows AwardAustralian Shadows AwardThe Australian Shadows Award is an annual literary award established by the Australian Horror Writers Association in 2005 to honour the best published work of horror fiction written or edited by an Australian...
: The Grinding House - 2007 Aurealis Award, Horror short story: "Woman Train"
- 2007 Aurealis Award, Horror short story: "Dead Sea Fruit"
- 2004 Aurealis Award, Science Fiction short story: "State of Oblivion"
- 2002 Aurealis Award, Fantasy short story: "The Speaker of Heaven"
- 2001 Aurealis Award, Fantasy short story: "The Left Behind"
- 1999 Aurealis Award, Horror short story: "The Glass Woman"
- 1997 Aurealis Award, Horror short story: "The Hanging People"
- 1996 Aurealis Award, Horror short story: "Skin Holes"
- 1996 Aurealis Award, Fantasy short story: "The Blue Stream"