Maxine McArthur

Maxine McArthur
Born	1962 (age 48–49)
Nationality	Australian
Genres	Science fiction
Notable award(s)	Aurealis Award Science fiction division 2004 Less Than Human
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Maxine McArthur is an Australian writer of science fiction.

Biography

McArthur spent 16 years living in Japan but returned to live in Canberra in 1996.^[1] In 1999 McArthur's first book was released in Australia, entitled Time Future.^[2] It won the 1999 George Turner Award and finished ninth in 2000 Locus Awards for best first novel.^[3] In 2002 she released the sequel to her first novel entitled Time Past which was a short-list nominee for the 2003 Ditmar Award for best Australian novel.^[3] In 2004 her third novel Less Than Human won the 2004 Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel which also was a short-list nominee for the 2005 Ditmar Award for best novel.^[3][4] In the 2005 Ditmar Awards McArthur and co-editor Donna Hanson were short-list nominees for best collected work with their anthology Encounters.^[3]

Bibliography

Novels

• Time Future (1999)
• Time Past (2002)
• Less Than Human (2004)

Short stories

• Playing Possum (2001) in Nor of Human... An Anthology of Fantastic Creatures (ed. Geoffrey Maloney)
• Remembering Bathys (2002) in Machinations: An Anthology of Ingenious Designs (ed. Chris Andrews)
• The Dragon Bell (2002) in Aurealis #30 (ed. Keith Stevenson)
• Sword of Liberation (2003) in Elsewhere: An Anthology of Incredible Places (ed. Michael Barry)
• Kappas (2004) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #13 (ed. Andrew Finch)
• Bakemono (2006) in The Outcast : An Anthology of Exiles and Strangers (ed. Nicole R. Murphy)
• Breaking the Ice (2007) in Daikaiju! 2 Revenge of the Giant Monsters (ed. Robin Pen, Robert Hood)

Anthologies

• Encounters: An Anthology of Australian Speculative Fiction (2004) (with Donna Hanson)

Non-fiction

• Historical Dictionary of Japanese Science and Technology (2002) (with Morris Low)

References

1. ^ "Bio". Maxine McArthur. http://www.maxinemcarthur.com/bio.html. Retrieved 2010-01-15. 
2. ^ "Maxine McArthur - Summary Bibliography". ISFDB. http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Maxine_McArthur. Retrieved 2010-01-15. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d} "The Locus Index to SF Awards: Index of Literary Nominees". Locus Online. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit86.html. Retrieved 2010-01-15. 
4. ^ "aurealis awards, previous years’ results". Aurealis Awards. http://www.aurealisawards.com/downloads/history1995_2008.pdf.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-15. 

External links

• Official site

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