Brett McBean

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Brett McBean
BornDecember 1978
Melbourne, Australia
OccupationWriter
Period2002
Genre Horror fiction, thriller fiction, speculative fiction
Notable worksThe Mother, Wolf Creek: Desolation Game
Website
brettmcbean.com

Brett McBean is best known as an award-winning Australian horror, thriller and speculative fiction writer. He was born and raised in Melbourne. He is also a drummer and has an Advanced Diploma from Box Hill College of Music

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McBean's novel The Mother was nominated as the "Best Novel" for the 2007 Ditmar Awards (where he was also nominated as "Best New Talent"), a Ned Kelly Award for "Best Novel" of 2007, a 2007 Aurealis Award for "Best Novel," and it received a 2006 honorable mention by the Australian Shadows Awards. His short story collection Tales of Sin and Madness won the 2011 Australian Shadows Award for "Best Collection". [1]

He also has a keen interest in true crime, in particular the infamous Jack the Ripper murders of 1888. He runs a Jack the Ripper website, Saucy Jacky, [2] in which he reviews Ripper movies and literature, and shares his thoughts about popular suspects and Ripper victims.

Selected bibliography

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Novellas and novelettes

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References

  1. "Australian Shadows Award winners 2011". Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  2. "Saucy Jacky website".
  3. "Article for the Australian Horror Writers Association, 13th October, 2006". Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.