Kaaron Warren

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Kaaron Warren
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In June 2024
OccupationWriter
NationalityAustralian
Genre Speculative fiction
Horror fiction

Kaaron Warren is an Australian author of horror, science fiction, and fantasy short stories and novels.

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She is the author of the short story collections Through Splintered Walls, The Grinding House, and Dead Sea Fruit. Her short stories have won Australian Shadows Awards, Ditmar Awards and Aurealis Awards. [1] [2]

Her six novels are Slights , Walking the Tree, Mistification (published by Angry Robot Books), The Grief Hole , Tide of Stone and The Underhistory

Kaaron was Special Guest at the 2013 Australian National Science Fiction Convention.

Bibliography

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Novels

Contributed chapters

Collections

Short fiction

Reprints in Year's Best Anthologies

Awards

Wins

YearAward name/typeTitle
2017Ditmar Award, Best NovelThe Grief Hole
2016Australian Shadows Award, NovelThe Grief Hole
2016Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Horror Division, NovelThe Grief Hole
2015Australian Shadows Award, Short Fiction
2013Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Division, Best Short StoryAir, Water and the Grove: The Lowest Heaven, Focus 2013: Highlights of Australian Short Fiction, 2013
2013Australian Shadows Award, Paul Haines Shadow Award for Long FictionThe Unwanted Women of Surrey: Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy, 2013
2013Shirley Jackson Awards: NovellaSky
2013Ditmar Award, Best NovellaSky
2013ACT Writing and Publishing Awards, Non-fiction-FictionThrough Splintered Walls
2012Ditmar Award, Best Collected WorkThrough Splintered Walls
2012Canberra Critics Circle Fiction AwardThrough Splintered Walls
2012Australian Shadows Award, Best Collected WorkThrough Splintered Walls
2012Aurealis Award, Best Horror StorySky
2012Australian Shadows Award, Best NovellaSky
2011ACT Writing and Publishing Awards, FictionDead Sea Fruit
2010Ditmar Award, Best NovelSlights
2009Australian Shadows Award, Best Novel Slights
2009Canberra Critics Circle Fiction AwardSlights
2006 ACT Writing and Publishing Award, fictionThe Grinding House
2006 Ditmar Award, Novella/noveletteThe Grinding House
2006Ditmar Award, Short storyFresh Young Widow
1999 Aurealis Award, Horror short storyA Positive

Nominations

YearAward name/typeTitle
2021Australian Shadows Award, Collected WorksTool Tales
2021Australian Shadows Award, Short FictionThe Steering Wheel Club
2021Australian Shadows Award, Non-fictionCapturing Ghosts on the Page
2016Australian Shadows Award, Short FictionAll Roll Over
2016Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Division, Short Story68 Days Tomorrow's Cthulhu: Stories at the Dawn of Posthumanity
2016Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Horror Division, Short Story68 Days Tomorrow's Cthulhu: Stories at the Dawn of Posthumanity
2015Australian Shadows Award, Edited PublicationMidnight Echo: The Magazine of the Australian Horror Writers Association, no. 11 April 2015
2015Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Division, Short StoryWitnessing: The Canary Press Story Magazine, no. 6 December 2015
2015World Fantasy Award, Best Short FictionDeath's Door Cafe: Shadows and Tall Trees, Spring no. 6 Focus 2014: Highlights of Australian Short Fiction, Nightmare, no. 43, April 2014
2014Ditmar Awards, Best Short StoryAir, Water and the Grove: The Lowest Heaven, Focus 2013: Highlights of Australian Short Fiction, 2013
2013Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Horror Division, Best Short StoryThe Human Moth: The Grimscribe's Puppets, 2013
2012Shirley Jackson Award, Best NovellaSky
2012Australian Shadows Award, Best Short StoryRoad
2012Australian Shadows Award, Best Short StoryMountain
2012Australian Shadows Award, Best Short StoryCreek
2012Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Division, Best Short StoryLighthouse Keeper’s Club
2012Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Best CollectionThrough Splintered Walls
2011Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Anthology DivisionIshtar
2011Bram Stoker Award (Final Ballot), Superior Achievement in Short FictionAll You Can Do Is Breathe
2011Ditmar Award, Best Horror StoryAll You Can Do Is Breathe
2010Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Best CollectionDead Sea Fruit
2010Ditmar Award, Best Short StoryTontine Mary: New Ceres Nights, Dead Sea Fruit
2010Ditmar Award, Best NovelWalking the Tree
2010Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best First NovelSlights
2009Aurealis Award, Best Horror Short StoryThe Gaze Dogs of Nine Waterfall
2009Australian Shadows Award, Best Short StoryThe Gaze Dogs of Nine Waterfall
2009Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Best Horror NovelSlights
2008Ditmar Award, Short storyHis Lipstick Minx
2006Ditmar Award, Collected workThe Grinding House
2006 Australian Shadows Award The Grinding House
2007Aurealis Award, Horror short storyWoman Train
2007Aurealis Award, Horror short storyDead Sea Fruit
2004Aurealis Award, Science Fiction short storyState of Oblivion
2002Aurealis Award, Fantasy short storyThe Speaker of Heaven
2001Aurealis Award, Fantasy short storyThe Left Behind
1999Aurealis Award, Horror short storyThe Glass Woman
1997Aurealis Award, Horror short storyThe Hanging People
1996Aurealis Award, Horror short storySkin Holes
1996Aurealis Award, Fantasy short storyThe Blue Stream

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References

  1. Aurealis Awards winners archive Archived 31 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 17 February 2008.
  2. Inkspillers Ditmar Awards archive. Archived 29 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 17 February 2008.