Stephen Dedman | |
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Born | Adelaide, South Australia | 27 June 1959
Occupation | Writer |
Period | 1977 to present |
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Stephen Dedman (born 1959 [1] ) is an Australian writer of dark fantasy and science fiction stories and novels.
Dedman's short stories have appeared in Year's Best Fantasy and Horror , Year's Best SF , and The Best Australian Science Fiction Writing: A Fifty Year Collection.
Contributing as a story editor, Dedman is also one of the team members behind Borderlands, a tri-annual Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror magazine published between 2003-2009 from Perth, Western Australia.
In 2007, he contributed to the Doctor Who short-story collection, Short Trips: Destination Prague .
The Art of Arrow-Cutting was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award in the category of Best First Novel. In 1998 Dedman's "A Walk-On Part in the War" won the 1998 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story. [2] In 2001 "The Devotee" tied for the win with Terry Dowling's "The Saltimbanques" of the 2001 Ditmar Award for best short story. [3] "Dead of Winter" won the 2006 Aurealis Award for best horror short story. [4] Dedman has also received over 30 nominations for his work in awards such as the Aurealis Awards, Ditmar Awards, Gaylactic Spectrum Awards, the Bram Stoker Awards, and the Locus Awards. [5]
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