Andrew J McKiernan
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Andrew J McKiernan is an Australian speculative fiction
writer
and Illustrator
. He currently lives on the Central Coast (New South Wales) with his wife and two children.
Andrew J McKiernan is a member of the Australian Horror Writers Association
, and is the current Art Director for Aurealis
Magazine. He was listed as a featured Illustrator in the 2005 release Australian Speculative Fiction: A Genre Overview. McKiernan is also a founding editor of the HorrorScope: The Australian Dark Fiction Web Log
, an online news and reviews webzine.
In 2003, McKiernan founded Kephra Design, a business specialising in graphic design
, illustration
and web development
. McKiernan's web development work has mainly been focussed in servicing the particulars of the publishing
market. Through Kephra Design he has designed and developed, or been involved with the development of, websites for authors such as Russell Kirkpatrick
, Karen Miller
, Kylie Chan
, Trudi Canavan
, Marianne de Pierres
and Nathan Burrage
, as well as publishers and organisations such as Eneit Press, Good Reading
magazine, Aurealis
and the Australian Horror Writers Association
.
In June 2008, Andrew J McKiernan was interviewed by Mark Deniz for the 'Stars of Speculative Fiction' interview series. The interview was published online at the 'A Boy Goes On a Journey' website on 6 June 2008.
In 2009, Andrew J McKiernan received Ditmar Award
nominations for Best Artwork and Best Fan Artist.
In 2010, Andrew J McKiernan's short story "The Message" received short listing nominations for both a 2009 Aurealis Award
(Horror Short Story) and 2009 Australian Shadows Award
(Short Fiction).
In 2011, Andrew J McKiernan's novelette
"All the Clowns in Clowntown" received nominations for the 2010 Australian Shadows Award
(Short Fiction), an Aurealis Award
(Fantasy Short Story) and a Ditmar Award
(Novella or Novelette). His wrap-around dust jacket for the hard-cover edition of Richard L. Tierney's "SAVAGE MENACE & Other Poems of Horror" was also short-listed for a Best Artwork Ditmar Award
.
Speculative fiction
Speculative fiction is an umbrella term encompassing the more fantastical fiction genres, specifically science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and alternate history in literature as well as...
writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
and Illustrator
Illustrator
An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
. He currently lives on the Central Coast (New South Wales) with his wife and two children.
Andrew J McKiernan is a member of the Australian Horror Writers Association
Australian Horror Writers Association
The Australian Horror Writers Association is a non-profit organisation that commenced in 2003 with the goal of providing a unified voice and sense of community for Australian writers of dark fiction and to further the development of dark fiction in Australia.-History:The AHWA built to some extent...
, and is the current Art Director for Aurealis
Aurealis
Aurealis is a Australian speculative fiction magazine published by Chimaera Publications. The magazine was launched in September 1990 to provide a market for speculative fiction writers, with a particular emphasis on raising the profile of Australian authors.In 1995 the magazine instituted the...
Magazine. He was listed as a featured Illustrator in the 2005 release Australian Speculative Fiction: A Genre Overview. McKiernan is also a founding editor of the HorrorScope: The Australian Dark Fiction Web Log
HorrorScope (webzine)
HorrorScope: The Australian Dark Fiction Web Log is a news and review webzine dedicated to horror literature and movies. The zine was created by Australian independent publisher Brimstone Press in August 2005...
, an online news and reviews webzine.
In 2003, McKiernan founded Kephra Design, a business specialising in graphic design
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
, illustration
Illustration
An illustration is a displayed visualization form presented as a drawing, painting, photograph or other work of art that is created to elucidate or dictate sensual information by providing a visual representation graphically.- Early history :The earliest forms of illustration were prehistoric...
and web development
Web development
Web development is a broad term for the work involved in developing a web site for the Internet or an intranet . This can include web design, web content development, client liaison, client-side/server-side scripting, web server and network security configuration, and e-commerce development...
. McKiernan's web development work has mainly been focussed in servicing the particulars of the publishing
Publishing
Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information—the activity of making information available to the general public...
market. Through Kephra Design he has designed and developed, or been involved with the development of, websites for authors such as Russell Kirkpatrick
Russell Kirkpatrick
Russell Kirkpatrick is a geography lecturer and a novelist. He holds a PhD in geography from the University of Canterbury, and currently lectures at the University of Waikato in Hamilton...
, Karen Miller
Karen Miller
Karen Miller is an Australian writer.Miller was born in Vancouver, Canada and moved to Australia at the age of two. After graduating from the Sydney University of Technology she moved to England for three years before moving back to Australia...
, Kylie Chan
Kylie Chan
Kylie Chan is a bestselling Australian author, best known for The Dark Heavens trilogy, set in modern day Hong Kong.The first novel in the trilogy, White Tiger, was published in July 2006, followed by Red Phoenix in January 2007...
, Trudi Canavan
Trudi Canavan
Trudi Canavan is an Australian writer of fantasy novels, best known for her best-selling fantasy trilogies The Black Magician trilogy and Age of the Five. While establishing her writing career she worked as a graphic designer...
, Marianne de Pierres
Marianne de Pierres
Marianne de Pierres is an Australian science fiction author. Born in Western Australia, she did her undergraduate studies at Curtin University in Perth and later studied a Postgraduate Certificate of Arts in Writing, Editing and Publishing at the University of Queensland...
and Nathan Burrage
Nathan Burrage
Nathan Burrage is an Australian writer of speculative fiction.Born 7 January 1971, in country Victoria, Australia, Nathan grew up in Melbourne. He graduated with a Bachelor of Economics & Commerce from the University of Melbourne in 1993....
, as well as publishers and organisations such as Eneit Press, Good Reading
Good Reading
Good Reading is a popular monthly print magazine, focused on books and reading, based in Australia. The magazine was launched in July 2001. The popular magazine is devoted to books, and includes profiles of authors, extracts and independent reviews of the latest Australian and international...
magazine, Aurealis
Aurealis
Aurealis is a Australian speculative fiction magazine published by Chimaera Publications. The magazine was launched in September 1990 to provide a market for speculative fiction writers, with a particular emphasis on raising the profile of Australian authors.In 1995 the magazine instituted the...
and the Australian Horror Writers Association
Australian Horror Writers Association
The Australian Horror Writers Association is a non-profit organisation that commenced in 2003 with the goal of providing a unified voice and sense of community for Australian writers of dark fiction and to further the development of dark fiction in Australia.-History:The AHWA built to some extent...
.
In June 2008, Andrew J McKiernan was interviewed by Mark Deniz for the 'Stars of Speculative Fiction' interview series. The interview was published online at the 'A Boy Goes On a Journey' website on 6 June 2008.
In 2009, Andrew J McKiernan received Ditmar Award
Ditmar Award
The Ditmar Award has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction and science fiction fandom...
nominations for Best Artwork and Best Fan Artist.
In 2010, Andrew J McKiernan's short story "The Message" received short listing nominations for both a 2009 Aurealis Award
Aurealis Award
Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award.-History:...
(Horror Short Story) and 2009 Australian Shadows Award
Australian Shadows Award
The Australian Shadows Award is an annual literary award established by the Australian Horror Writers Association in 2005 to honour the best published work of horror fiction written or edited by an Australian...
(Short Fiction).
In 2011, Andrew J McKiernan's novelette
Novelette
A novelette is a piece of short prose fiction. The distinction between a novelette and other literary forms is usually based upon word count, with a novelette being longer than a short story, but shorter than a novella...
"All the Clowns in Clowntown" received nominations for the 2010 Australian Shadows Award
Australian Shadows Award
The Australian Shadows Award is an annual literary award established by the Australian Horror Writers Association in 2005 to honour the best published work of horror fiction written or edited by an Australian...
(Short Fiction), an Aurealis Award
Aurealis Award
Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award.-History:...
(Fantasy Short Story) and a Ditmar Award
Ditmar Award
The Ditmar Award has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction and science fiction fandom...
(Novella or Novelette). His wrap-around dust jacket for the hard-cover edition of Richard L. Tierney's "SAVAGE MENACE & Other Poems of Horror" was also short-listed for a Best Artwork Ditmar Award
Ditmar Award
The Ditmar Award has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction and science fiction fandom...
.
Illustrations
- Shards: Forty Short Sharp Tales by Shane Jiraiya CummingsShane Jiraiya CummingsShane Jiraiya Cummings is an Australian horror short story writer and editor. He lives in Perth, Western Australia with his partner Angela Challis...
, colour cover plus 39 internal illustrations - Brimstone PressBrimstone PressBrimstone Press was an Australian independent publisher of dark fiction . Brimstone Press was established in 2004 by Angela Challis and Shane Jiraiya Cummings and was based in Western Australia....
(ISBN 978-0-980-56772-4) - Sobek's Tears by Shane Jiraiya CummingsShane Jiraiya CummingsShane Jiraiya Cummings is an Australian horror short story writer and editor. He lives in Perth, Western Australia with his partner Angela Challis...
, black and white internal illustration - AurealisAurealisAurealis is a Australian speculative fiction magazine published by Chimaera Publications. The magazine was launched in September 1990 to provide a market for speculative fiction writers, with a particular emphasis on raising the profile of Australian authors.In 1995 the magazine instituted the...
#33/34/35 (2004) - Cover Illustration for AurealisAurealisAurealis is a Australian speculative fiction magazine published by Chimaera Publications. The magazine was launched in September 1990 to provide a market for speculative fiction writers, with a particular emphasis on raising the profile of Australian authors.In 1995 the magazine instituted the...
#37 (2006) - In The Arms of Medusa by Nathan BurrageNathan BurrageNathan Burrage is an Australian writer of speculative fiction.Born 7 January 1971, in country Victoria, Australia, Nathan grew up in Melbourne. He graduated with a Bachelor of Economics & Commerce from the University of Melbourne in 1993....
, black and white internal illustration - Orb #7 (2007) - In Bad Dreams anthology edited by Mark S Deniz and Sharyn Lilley, 5 black and white internal illustration, Eneit Press (ISBN 978-1-873-67100-9) (2007)
- Spirals in the Sky by Nathan BurrageNathan BurrageNathan Burrage is an Australian writer of speculative fiction.Born 7 January 1971, in country Victoria, Australia, Nathan grew up in Melbourne. He graduated with a Bachelor of Economics & Commerce from the University of Melbourne in 1993....
, black and white internal illustration - AurealisAurealisAurealis is a Australian speculative fiction magazine published by Chimaera Publications. The magazine was launched in September 1990 to provide a market for speculative fiction writers, with a particular emphasis on raising the profile of Australian authors.In 1995 the magazine instituted the...
#40 (April 2008) - Ladies Day by Helen Patrice, black and white internal illustration - AurealisAurealisAurealis is a Australian speculative fiction magazine published by Chimaera Publications. The magazine was launched in September 1990 to provide a market for speculative fiction writers, with a particular emphasis on raising the profile of Australian authors.In 1995 the magazine instituted the...
#41 (December 2008) - The Dumbshow by Andrew J McKiernan, black and white internal illustration - Masques Anthology, CSFG (May 2009) (ISBN 978-0-9775192-1-7)
- Coppernic's Sky by Ariella Adler, black and white internal illustration - Masques Anthology, CSFG (May 2009) (ISBN 978-0-9775192-1-7)
- Savage Menace & Other Poems of Horror by Richard L. TierneyRichard L. TierneyRichard L. Tierney is an American writer, poet and scholar of H. P. Lovecraft. He is the coauthor of a series of Red Sonja novels, featuring cover art by Boris Vallejo. Some of his standalone novels utilize the mythology of Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.-Youth:Tierney was born in Spencer, Iowa...
, colour wrap-around dust jacket plus internal illustrations - P'rea Press (January 2010) (ISBN 978-0-9804625-5-5)
Short Stories
- "Calliope: A Steam Romance" - Shadow Plays (ed. Elise Bunter), (ISBN 978-0-646-47127-3) (2007)
- "Sleep" - Black Box e-anthology (ed. Shane Jiraiya CummingsShane Jiraiya CummingsShane Jiraiya Cummings is an Australian horror short story writer and editor. He lives in Perth, Western Australia with his partner Angela Challis...
, Brimstone PressBrimstone PressBrimstone Press was an Australian independent publisher of dark fiction . Brimstone Press was established in 2004 by Angela Challis and Shane Jiraiya Cummings and was based in Western Australia....
), (2008) - "The Dumbshow" - Masques Anthology, CSFG (ed Gillian Polack and Scott Hopkins) (May 2009) (ISBN 978-0-9775192-1-7)
- "The Haunting that Jack Built" - AurealisAurealisAurealis is a Australian speculative fiction magazine published by Chimaera Publications. The magazine was launched in September 1990 to provide a market for speculative fiction writers, with a particular emphasis on raising the profile of Australian authors.In 1995 the magazine instituted the...
#42 (ed. Stuart Mayne, Chimaera PublicationsChimaera PublicationsChimaera Publications is a publisher based in Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia. The company currently publishes the speculative fiction magazine Aurealis as well as running the Aurealis Awards.-History:...
), (May 2009) - "The Message" - Midnight Echo #2 (ed. Shane Jiraiya CummingsShane Jiraiya CummingsShane Jiraiya Cummings is an Australian horror short story writer and editor. He lives in Perth, Western Australia with his partner Angela Challis...
and Angela Challis, Australian Horror Writers AssociationAustralian Horror Writers AssociationThe Australian Horror Writers Association is a non-profit organisation that commenced in 2003 with the goal of providing a unified voice and sense of community for Australian writers of dark fiction and to further the development of dark fiction in Australia.-History:The AHWA built to some extent...
), (June 2009) - "Daivadana" - In Bad Dreams 2: Where Death Stalks (ed. Sharyn Lilley, Eneit Press), (2009) (ISBN 978-0-9806911-0-8)
- "The Memory of Water" - Ecleticism e-zine #13 (ed. Craig Bezant), (July 2010) (http://www.eclecticzine.com/)
- "All the Clowns in Clowntown" - Macabre: A Journey Through Australian Horror (ed. Angela Challis and Dr. Marty Young, Brimstone PressBrimstone PressBrimstone Press was an Australian independent publisher of dark fiction . Brimstone Press was established in 2004 by Angela Challis and Shane Jiraiya Cummings and was based in Western Australia....
), (September 2010) - "The Desert Song" - Scenes from the Second Storey (ed. Amanda Pillar and Pete Kempshall, Morrigan Books), (September 2010)
- "Love Death" - AurealisAurealisAurealis is a Australian speculative fiction magazine published by Chimaera Publications. The magazine was launched in September 1990 to provide a market for speculative fiction writers, with a particular emphasis on raising the profile of Australian authors.In 1995 the magazine instituted the...
#45 (ed. Stuart Mayne, Chimaera PublicationsChimaera PublicationsChimaera Publications is a publisher based in Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia. The company currently publishes the speculative fiction magazine Aurealis as well as running the Aurealis Awards.-History:...
), (Forthcoming June 2011) - "The Wanderer in the Darkness" - Midnight Echo #6 (ed. David ConyersDavid ConyersDavid Conyers writes predominantly science fiction and Lovecraftian horror.Most of his childhood was spent in the Adelaide Hills, before moving to Melbourne. There he achieved a bachelor's degree in civil engineering at the University of Melbourne in 1993...
, David Kernot and Jason FischerJason FischerJason Fischer is a speculative fiction writer from South Australia, Australia. He is predominantly recognised as a writer in the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres....
, Australian Horror Writers AssociationAustralian Horror Writers AssociationThe Australian Horror Writers Association is a non-profit organisation that commenced in 2003 with the goal of providing a unified voice and sense of community for Australian writers of dark fiction and to further the development of dark fiction in Australia.-History:The AHWA built to some extent...
), (Forthcoming July 2011)
Articles
- "Black Roads, Dark Highways: Snake Tales and Outback Hooplah" - article and comic strip in 'Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine' issue #2 (Sept 2008)
- "Black Roads, Dark Highways: Killer Outback, Outback Killers" - article and comic strip in 'Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine' issue #3 (Nov 2008)