Martin Livings

Martin Livings
Born	1970 Western Australia
Occupation	Writer Information Technology
Nationality	Australian
Period	1990 to present
Genres	Horror fiction Science fiction Fantasy
Influences Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, and Robert A. Heinlein

Martin Livings (born 1970) is an Australian author of horror, fantasy and science fiction. He has been writing short stories since 1990 and has been nominated for both the Ditmar Award and Aurealis Award. Livings resides in Perth, Western Australia.

Livings' short fiction has appeared in the award-winning anthology Daikaiju! (Agog! Press), as well as in Borderlands, Agog! Terrific Tales (Agog! Press) and Eidolon, among many others. His work has been listed in the Year's Best Horror and Fantasy Recommended Reading, and reprinted in Year's Best Australian SF and Fantasy Volume 2 (MirrorDanse Books, 2006) and Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2006 Edition (Brimstone Press, 2006).

His first novel, Carnies, was published by Lothian Books in Australia in June 2006. Carnies was nominated for an Aurealis Award and won the 2007 Tin Duck Award for Best Novel by a Western Australian.

Bibliography

Novels

• Carnies (Lothian Books, 2006)

Short fiction

• "Maelstrom" (2004) in Agog! Smashing Stories (ed. Cat Sparks)
• "Running" (2005) in Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales (ed. Robert Hood, Robin Pen)

Awards

Wins

• 2007 Tin Duck Award, Novel: Carnies
• 1996 Tin Duck Award, Short story: "Living with the Dead"

Nominations

• 2007 Ditmar Award, Novel: Carnies
• 2007 Aurealis Award, Horror novel: Carnies
• 2007 Tin Duck Award, Short story: "Dwar7es"
• 2004 Ditmar Award, Novella/novelette: "Sigmund Freud and the Feral Freeway"
• 2004 Aurealis Award, Science Fiction short story: "Sigmund Freud and the Feral Freeway"
• 2004 Tin Duck Award, Short story: "Sigmund Freud and the Feral Freeway"

Honourable Mentions

• 2008 Aurealis Award, Horror short story: "There Was Darkness"
• 2006 Aurealis Award, Horror short story: "In Nomine Patris"

References

• Aurealis Awards winners archive Retrieved 17 February 2008.
• Australian Horror Writers Association member page: Martin Livings
• Cummings, Shane Jiraiya. "Interview: Martin Livings". HorrorScope. 5 June 2006.
• Farr, Russell B. "A Much Bigger Story". Ticonderoga Online #8. 2006
• Inkspillers Ditmar Awards archive. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
• Kemble, Gary. "Q&A: An Australian werewolf (lover) in London" Article (ABC Online). 8 June 2006.
• "Livings the dream". Eastern Reporter newspaper. 20 June 2006
• Martin Livings website

External links

• Official Martin Livings website
• Martin Livings MySpace
• Two reviews of Carnies in Australian Specific in focus
• Review of Carnies in HorrorScope
• Martin Livings at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Persondata
Name	Livings, Martin
Alternative names
Short description	Author
Date of birth	1970-00-00
Place of birth	Western Australia
Date of death
Place of death