Maxine McArthur

Maxine McArthur
Maxine McArthur in 2012.
Maxine McArthur in 2012.
Born1962 (age 61–62)
NationalityAustralian
GenreScience fiction
Notable awardsAurealis Award
Science fiction division
2004 Less Than Human
Website
www.maxinemcarthur.com/Default.htm

Maxine McArthur is an Australian writer of science fiction.

Biography

McArthur spent 16 years living in Japan but returned to live in Canberra in 1996.[1] In 1999 McArthur's first book was released in Australia, entitled Time Future.[2] It won the 1999 George Turner Award and finished ninth in 2000 Locus Awards for best first novel.[3] In 2002 she released the sequel to her first novel entitled Time Past which was a short-list nominee for the 2003 Ditmar Award for best Australian novel.[3] In 2004 her third novel Less Than Human won the 2004 Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel which also was a short-list nominee for the 2005 Ditmar Award for best novel.[3][4] In the 2005 Ditmar Awards McArthur and co-editor Donna Hanson were short-list nominees for best collected work with their anthology Encounters.[3]

Bibliography

Novels

Short stories

  • Playing Possum (2001) in Nor of Human... An Anthology of Fantastic Creatures (ed. Geoffrey Maloney)
  • Remembering Bathys (2002) in Machinations: An Anthology of Ingenious Designs (ed. Chris Andrews)
  • The Dragon Bell (2002) in Aurealis #30 (ed. Keith Stevenson)
  • Sword of Liberation (2003) in Elsewhere: An Anthology of Incredible Places (ed. Michael Barry)
  • Kappas (2004) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #13 (ed. Andrew Finch)
  • Bakemono (2006) in The Outcast : An Anthology of Exiles and Strangers (ed. Nicole R. Murphy)
  • Breaking the Ice (2007) in Daikaiju! 2 Revenge of the Giant Monsters (ed. Robin Pen, Robert Hood)

Anthologies

  • Encounters: An Anthology of Australian Speculative Fiction (2004) (with Donna Hanson)

Non-fiction

  • Historical Dictionary of Japanese Science and Technology (2002) (with Morris Low)

References

  1. ^ "Bio". Maxine McArthur. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Maxine McArthur - Summary Bibliography". ISFDB. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d "The Locus Index to SF Awards: Index of Literary Nominees". Locus Online. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  4. ^ "aurealis awards, previous years' results" (PDF). Aurealis Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2009.