Lee Battersby

Lee Battersby

Infobox Writer


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name = Lee Battersby
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birthdate = 1970
birthplace = Nottingham, United Kingdom
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occupation = Writer
nationality = flagicon|Australia Australian
period = 2002 to present
genre = Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror
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website = http://www.battersby.com.au/

Lee Battersby is an Australian author of science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction. His story "Carrying The God" made him the first Western Australian winner in the Writers of the Future Competition in 2002, and was awarded the 2003 Ditmar Award for Best New Talent. His short story "Tales of Nireym" was a finalist in the Fantasy section of the 2005 Aurealis Awards,cite web |url=http://www.aurealisawards.com/downloads/aurealis-1995-2006.pdf |title=aurealis awards, previous years' results |accessdate=2008-02-28 |format=PDF |work=Aurealis Awards web site] and "Pater Familias" won Best Horror Short Story in the 2006 awards. Another story, "Father Muerte & The Flesh", the third in his popular Father Muerte series, was awarded the inaugural Australian Shadows Award for outstanding literary achievement by the Australian Horror Writers Association in 2006. [cite web |url=http://www.australianhorror.com/index.php?view=40 |title=Australian Shadows Awards: 2005 Shortlist |accessdate=2007-01-08 |year=2006 |work=Australian Horror Writers Association web site]

Battersby was one of the tutors at Clarion South 2007, along with SF writers Robert Hood, Simon Brown, Margo Lanagan and Kelly Link; and editor Gardner Dozois.

His first collection, "Through Soft Air", was released by US Publisher Prime Books in March 2006. It contains 25 stories, including both "Tales of Nireym" and "Pater Familias". "Dark Ages", a story exclusive to the collection, was nominated for both best Fantasy Short Story and Best SF Short Story in the 2006 Aurealis Awards.

In 2007, he contributed a story to the "Doctor Who" short-story collection, "".

References

External links

* [http://www.battersby.com.au/ Lee & Lyn Battersby's home page, Batthome]
* [http://www.primebooks.net/ Prime Books]
* [http://ticonderogaonline.org/008TOL/reviews008a.html#one Reviews of Through Soft Air from Ticonderoga Online]
* [http://www.asif.dreamhosters.com/doku.php?id=through_soft_air Reviews of Through Soft Air from ASif!]
* [http://ozhorrorscope.blogspot.com/2005/12/interview-lee-battersby.html Lee Battersby - Ozhorrorscope.blogspot.com]


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