- Lee Battersby
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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|AustraliaAustralian
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 ofscience fiction ,fantasy , andhorror fiction . His story "Carrying The God" made him the firstWestern Australia n winner in theWriters of the Future Competition in 2002, and was awarded the 2003Ditmar Award for Best New Talent. His short story "Tales of Nireym" was a finalist in the Fantasy section of the 2005Aurealis Award s,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 theAustralian 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 writersRobert Hood ,Simon Brown ,Margo Lanagan andKelly Link ; and editorGardner Dozois .His first collection, "
Through Soft Air ", was released by US PublisherPrime 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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