Deborah Biancotti

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Deborah Biancotti
Born1971 (age 51–52)
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Period2000–present
Genre Speculative fiction
Website
deborahbiancotti.net

Deborah Biancotti is an Australian writer of speculative fiction.

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Biography

Biancotti was born in 1971 in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. [1] Her first work was published in 2000 with her short story "The First and Final Game" which was featured in Altair and won the 2000 Aurealis Award for best horror short story. [2] [3] In 2001 she won the Ditmar Award for best new talent. [4] Biancotti's fifth short story, "King of All and the Metal Sentinel" was published in 2002 and won the 2003 Ditmar Award for best Australian short fiction. [5] In 2007 her story "A Scar for Leida" won the Aurealis Award for best young-adult short story. [6] Biancotti is now based in Sydney. [1]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardWorkCategoryResult
2000 Aurealis Award "The First and Final Game" Best horror short story Won [3]
2001 Ditmar Award –Best new talentWon [4]
Ditmar Award"The First and Final Game"Best short storyNomination [4]
2002Ditmar Award–Best fan writerNomination [7]
2003Ditmar Award"King of All and the Metal Sentinel"Best Australian short fictionWon [5]
2004Ditmar Award"The Singular Life of Eddy Dovewater"Best short storyNomination [8]
2005Ditmar Award"Number 3 Raw Place"Best short storyNomination [9]
2006Aurealis Award"The Dying Light" Best young-adult short story Nomination [10]
Australian Shadows Award "The Dying Light"–Nomination [11]
Ditmar Award"Summa Seltzer Missive"Best short storyNomination [12]
2007Aurealis Award"A Scar for Leida"Best young-adult short storyWon [6]
Ditmar Award"Surrender 1: Rope Artist"Best short storyNomination [13]
2008Aurealis Award"Pale Dark Soldier"Best horror short storyNomination [14]
Aurealis Award"The Tailor of Time"Best young-adult short storyNomination [14]
Ditmar Award–
(with Jonathan Strahan, Garth Nix, Trevor Stafford)		Professional achievementNomination [15]
Ditmar Award"A Scar for Leida"Best short storyNomination [15]
2009Aurealis AwardA Book of Endings Best collection Nomination [16]
Australian Shadows AwardsA Book of EndingsBest long fictionNomination [17]
Australian Shadows Awards"Six Suicides"Best short fictionWon [18]
Ditmar Award"Pale Dark Soldier"Best short storyNomination [19]
2010 Crawford Award A Book of Endings–Nomination [20]
Ditmar AwardA Book of EndingsBest collected workNomination [21]
Ditmar Award"Six Suicides"Best short storyNomination [21]
Locus Award A Book of EndingsBest collectionNomination [22]

Bibliography

Short fiction

Collections

Novella

Novels

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