Chuck McKenzie

Chuck McKenzie
Born	1970 (age 40–41) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Australian
Period	1999–present
Genres	Speculative fiction

Chuck McKenzie is an Australian writer of speculative fiction.

Biography

McKenzie was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in 1970. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Writing & Literature.^[1] During his life McKenzie has worked various different jobs including a commercial artist, restaurant manager, entertainment consultant, and previously as a television actor. He now writes full time.^[1] McKenzie's first work was published in 1999 with his novel Worlds Apart. He received his first nomination in 2002 for his anthology AustrAlien Absurdities which he co-edited with Tansy Rayner Roberts.^[2] It was nominated for the 2003 Ditmar Award for best Australian collected work but lost to Cat Sparks' anthology Agog! Fantastic Fiction.^[3]

McKenzie has been nominated on six other occasions for his work in short fiction and as a fan writer.^[2]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Work	Category	Result
2003	Ditmar Award	AustrAlien Absurdities (with Tansy Rayner Roberts as editors)	Best Australian collected work	Nomination[3]
2004	Ditmar Award	"Alien Space Nazis Must Die"	Best Australian novella or novelette	Nomination[4]
	Ditmar Award	"The Mark of His Hands"	Best short story	Nomination[4]
2005	Aurealis Award	"Eight-Beat Bar"	Best horror short story	Nomination[5]
2009	Ditmar Award	For work in HorrorScope	Best fan writer	Nomination[6]
2010	Ditmar Award	For work in HorrorScope	Best fan writer	Nomination[7]
	Ditmar Award	"The Dead Walk! ... Into a Bookstore Near You"	William Atheling Jr. Award	Nomination[7]

Bibliography

Novels

• Worlds Apart (1999)

Anthologies

As editor

• AustrAlien Absurdities (2002, co-edited with Tansy Rayner Roberts)

Collections

• Confessions of a Pod Person (2005)^[8]

Short fiction

• "Tools of the Trade" (2001) in AustrAlien Absurdities (ed. Chuck McKenzie & Tansy Rayner Roberts)
• "Confessions of a Pod Person" (2002) in Passing Strange (ed. Bill Congreve)
• "Catflap" (2002) in Aurealis #29, (ed. Keith Stevenson)
• "Incident at Five Mile Creek" (2002) in Agog! Fantastic Fiction (ed. Cat Sparks)
• "Boarding Pass" (2002) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #1, (ed. Ben Payne)
• "Alien Space Nazis Must Die!" (2003) in Elsewhere (ed. Michael Barry)
• "The Mark of His Hands" (2003) in Orb Speculative Fiction #5 (ed. Sarah Endacott)
• "Predatory Instincts" (2003) in Borderlands
• "Retail Therapy" (2004) in Orb Speculative Fiction #6 (ed. Sarah Endacott)
• "Eight-Beat Bar" (2004) in Aurealis (ed. Keith Stevenson)
• "Like a Bug Underfoot" (2005) in Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales (ed. Robin Pen & Robert Hood)
• "The Second-Hand Bookshop of Al Hazred" (2006) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #24, (ed. Edwina Harvey)
• "Bad Meat" (2010) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #44, (ed. Felicity Dowker)

Essays

• "Laugh, You Alien Scum!" (1999) in Altair #4 (ed. Andrew Collings, Jim Deed, Robert N. Stephenson)
• "The Dead Walk! ... Into a Bookstore Near You" (2009)

References

General

• "Chuck McKenzie - Summary Bibliography". ISFDB. http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?11060. Retrieved 2011-04-07. 

Specific

1. ^ ^{a b} "Predatory Instincts by Chuck McKenzie". Anna Tambour and Others. Archived from the original on 2011-04-07. http://annatambour.net/ChuckMcKenziePredatoryInstincts.htm. Retrieved 2011-04-07. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "The Locus Index to SF Awards: Index of Literary Nominees". Locus Online. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit90.html#bot. Retrieved 2011-04-07. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2003 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Ditmar2003.html#null. Retrieved 2011-04-07. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2004 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Ditmar2004.html#nva. Retrieved 2011-04-07. 
5. ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2006 Aurealis Awards". Locus Online. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis2006.html#hs. Retrieved 2011-04-07. 
6. ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2009 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Ditmar2009.html#fanw. Retrieved 2011-04-07. 
7. ^ ^{a b} "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2010 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Ditmar2010.html#fanw. Retrieved 2011-04-07. 
8. ^ "News: Chuck McKenzie's Deadwalkers". HorrorScope. 2009-03-12. Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. http://www.horrorscope.com.au/2009/03/news-chuck-mckenzies-deadwalkers.html. Retrieved 2011-04-07. 

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Name	McKenzie, Chuck
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Date of birth	1970
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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