Brett McBean

Infobox Writer
name = Brett McBean

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birthdate = December, 1978
birthplace = Melbourne, Australia
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occupation = writer
nationality = Australian
period = 2003–
genre = Horror fiction, Speculative fiction
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notableworks = "The Mother"
influences = Richard Laymon, Stephen King, Jack Ketchum
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website = http://www.brettmcbean.com/

Brett McBean is best known as an award winning Australian horror and speculative fiction writer. He was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, and he is a member of the Australian Horror Writers Association. He has a Bachelor of Music degree from the Box Hill College of Music

McBean's novel "The Mother" was nominated as the "Best Novel" for the 2007 Ditmar Awards (where he was also nominates as "Best New Talent"), a Ned Kelly Award for "Best Novel" of 2007, a 2007 Aurealis Award for "Best Novel," and it received a 2006 honorable mention by the Australian Shadows Awards. His short story "The New Religion" won third place at the June/July contest at The Red Light District.

He has contributed to the webzine "HorrorScope", and his short story "The Beautiful Place" appeared in the Delirium Books' collection "The Rising: Necrophobia" (short story chapbook also featuring stories by Brian Keene, Michael Oliveri, and John Urbancik)

elected bibliography

Novels

* "The Mother" (2006, Lothian Books)
* "The Last Motel" (2003/2005, Biting Dog Press):The hardcover limited edition of "The Last Motel" also contains the short story "The Cycle"

Novellas and Novellettes

* "The Familiar Stranger" (2006, Necessary Evil Press)

Chapbooks

* "A Question of Belief" (2003, Biting Dog Press)

hort stories

* "Tales of Sin and Madness" (2008, Thunderstorm Books) - Short story collection: "The Beautiful Place": "Amanda's Gift": "Stolen Lives" (previously unpublished): "The New Religion": "Genius of a Sick Mind": "Hearing the Ocean in a Seashell" (previously unpublished): "A Question of Belief": "The Coffin": "The Song Remains The Same": "Temptation of the Righteous Path" (previously unpublished): "The Garbage Man": "Who Wants to be a Survivor": "A Light for Rose": "The Cycle": "The Project" (previously unpublished)

* "The New Religion" - Third place winner, June/July contest at The Red Light District
* "Unborn Lives," (flash fiction on the online magazine "Eureka Street")
* "The Garbage Man," (from the anthology "In Delirium II")
* "Amanda's Gift" (from "Dark Discoveries" magazine #2)
* "A Light For Rose" (from "Post Mortem" magazine #1)
* "The Genius Of A Sick Mind" (on Horrorfind.com and to be pubilshed in the forthcoming Cemetery Dance Publications anthology, "In Laymon's Terms")
* "Who Wants To Be A Survivor" (on Horrorfind.com)
* "The Song Remains the Same" (from the anthology, "The Asylum Volume 3: The Quiet Ward")

Articles

* "On Research, Dead Trees and Horror in Australia," for the Australian Horror Writers Association on October 13, 2006

Links

* [http://www.brettmcbean.com/ Brett McBean's official webpage]
* [http://www.brettmcbean.blogspot.com/ Brett McBean's official Blogspot Blog]
* [http://www.myspace.com/brettmcbean Brett McBean's official MySpace]
* [http://www.crimedownunder.com/nedkellyawards.html List of Ned Kelly Award nominees and winners]
* [http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis2007.html Locus list of 2007 Aurealis Award nominees]