Jason Nahrung
Appearance
Jason Nahrung | |
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Born | 1968 |
Occupation | Writer Journalist |
Nationality | Australian |
Genre | Horror fiction Speculative fiction |
Website | |
http://www.jasonnahrung.com/ |
Jason Nahrung (born 1968) is an Australian horror author and journalist who lives in Brisbane, Queensland with his partner Mil Clayton. Nahrung writes for The Courier-Mail newspaper in Queensland, with a special interest in speculative fiction and horror-related topics.[1] He was co-winner the 2005 William Atheling Jnr award for Criticism or Review.[2] His first novel, The Darkness Within (co-written with Clayton), was published in June 2007 by Hachette Livre in Australia.[3] Nahrung has also published some horror and speculative fiction short stories.
Bibliography
Novels
- The Darkness Within - with Mil Clayton (Hachette Livre)
Short stories
- "The Refugee", Fantastical Journeys to Brisbane
- "Kadimakara and Curlew", Daikaiju 2 (Agog! Press)
- "Pain Threshold", Agog! Ripping Reads (Agog! Press)
- Australian Dark Fantasy & Horror 2007 edition (Brimstone Press)
- "Time to Write", The Devil in Brisbane
- "Triage", Sf-envision
- "Night Watch", Elsewhere (CSFG Publishing)
- "Spare Parts", Glimpses
- "Prime Cuts", Antipodean SF
- "Summer Haze", Visions
Awards
Wins
- 2005 William Atheling Jr Award: "Why are publishers afraid of horror?" (Courier Mail)
Nominations
- 2008 Ditmar Award, Novel: The Darkness Within
- 2008 Ditmar Award, New Talent
- 2004 William Atheling Jr Award
Honourable Mentions
- 2008 Aurealis Award, Horror novel: The Darkness Within
Reviews
- Review of The Darkness Within in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine by Tehani Wessley (August 2007)
- Review of The Darkness Within in HorrorScope by Mark Smith-Briggs (23 Aug 2007).
- Reviews of Nahrung's work on ASif!
Notes
References
- Aurealis Awards winners archive Retrieved 17-2-2008.
- The Courier-Mail newspaper list of articles by Jason Nahrung.
- Helene, Talie (June 2007). "Interview: The New Romantics". HorrorScope.
- Inkspillers Ditmar Awards archive. Retrieved 17-2-2008.
- Kemble, Gary (16 April 2006). "Jason Nahrung: the ups and downs of horror". ABC online news (Articulate).
- Kemble, Gary (9 June 2007). "Jason Nahrung and Mil Clayton: Looking on the dark side". ABC online news (Articulate).
- Locus magazine index to Ditmar Awards. Retrieved 17-2-2008.
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