Trent Jamieson
Encyclopedia
Biography
Jamieson was first published in 1994 with the short story "Threnody " which was published in the winter edition Eidolon. In 2003 Jamieson was nominated for the Ditmar AwardDitmar 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...
for best professional achievement but lost to Jonathan Strahan
Jonathan Strahan
Jonathan Strahan is an editor and publisher of science fiction. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Arts in 1986....
. In 2005 Jamieson won the Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story
Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story
The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and SpecFaction NSW to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers"...
with his story "Slow and Ache". In 2008 he won his second Aurealis Award. "Cracks" won the Aurealis Award for best young-adult short story, beating works by Deborah Biancotti
Deborah Biancotti
-Biography:Biancotti was born in 1971 in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Her first work was published in 2000 with her short story "The First and Final Game" which was featured in Altair and won the 2000 Aurealis Award for best horror short story. In 2001 she won the Ditmar Award for best new talent...
, Dirk Flinthart and Kevin MacLean. In 2010 his first novel, Death Most Definite, was published by Orbit Books
Orbit Books
Orbit Books is an international publisher that specialises in science fiction and fantasy books. It was founded in 1974 as part of the Macdonald Futura publishing company...
and was nominated for the Aurealis Award for best horror novel
Aurealis Award for best horror novel
The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and SpecFaction NSW to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers"...
and the Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel
Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel
The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and SpecFaction NSW to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers"...
. Death Most Definite is the first part of the Death Works series and was followed by a sequel Managing Death in early 2011. Jamieson is currently writing a duology for Angry Robot Books and the third novel in the Death Works series.
Jamieson is a former teacher at Clarion South Writers Workshop
Clarion South Writers Workshop
Clarion South Writers Workshop is a six-week workshop for new and aspiring science fiction and fantasy writers, held in Brisbane Australia, and is the only Australian "Clarion" workshop. Unlike the US-based Clarion and Clarion West, which are annual events, it currently runs every two years...
and is a seasonal academic at the Queensland University of Technology
Queensland University of Technology
Queensland University of Technology is an Australian university with an applied emphasis in courses and research. Based in Brisbane, it has 40,000 students, including 6,000 international students, over 4,000 staff members, and an annual budget of more than A$750 million.QUT is marketed as "A...
. He is also a former editor for the magazine Redsine. Jamieson currently lives in Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia with his wife Diana and works at the The Avid Reader Bookshop.
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 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... |
— | Best Australian professional achievement | Nomination |
| 2005 | 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:... |
"Slow and Ache" | Best science fiction short story Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and SpecFaction NSW to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers"... |
Won |
| 2008 | Aurealis Award | "Cracks" | Best young-adult short story | Won |
| "Day Boy" | Best horror short story Aurealis Award for best horror short story The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and SpecFaction NSW to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, and horror writers"... |
Nomination | ||
| "Delivery" | Best science fiction short story | Nomination | ||
| 2010 | Aurealis Award | Death Most Definite | Best horror novel Aurealis Award for best horror novel The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and SpecFaction NSW to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers"... |
Nomination |
| Death Most Definite | Best fantasy novel Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and SpecFaction NSW to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers"... |
Nomination |
Novels
Death Works- Death Most Definite (2010)
- Managing Death (2011)
- The Business of Death (September 2011)
Other
- Roil (August 30, 2011)
- Night’s Engines (2012)
Short fiction
- "Threnody" (1994) in Eidolon Winter 1994 (ed. Jonathan StrahanJonathan StrahanJonathan Strahan is an editor and publisher of science fiction. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Arts in 1986....
, Jeremy G. Byrne) - "Naked" (1999) in Altair #3 (ed. Robert N. Stephenson, Jim Deed, Andrew Collings)
- "Carousel" (2000) in 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...
#25/26 (ed. Dirk Strasser, Stephen Higgins) - "A Thief Is a King in the Halls of the Night" (2001) in AustrAlien Absurdities (ed. Chuck McKenzieChuck McKenzie-Biography:McKenzie was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in 1970. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Writing & Literature. During his life McKenzie has worked various jobs including a commercial artist, restaurant manager, entertainment consultant, and previously as a television...
, Tansy Rayner RobertsTansy Rayner RobertsTansy Rayner Roberts is an award-winning Australian fantasy writer. She holds a Bachelor of Arts , and completed a PhD in Classics in 2007, both from the University of Tasmania. Roberts's short stories have been published in a variety of genre magazines, including Andromeda Spaceways Inflight...
) - "Tar Baby" (2002) in Agog! Fantastic Fiction (ed. Cat Sparks)
- "The Catling God" (2002) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight MagazineAndromeda Spaceways Inflight MagazineAndromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine or ASIM is a fantasy and science fiction magazine and webzine published out of Glenn Innes, New South Wales, Australia. The publishers of ASIM describe it as "Australia's Pulpiest SF Magazine". The magazine is currently edited by Robbie Matthews and is...
#1 (ed. Ben Payne) - "Wind Down" (2002) in Aurealis #30 (ed. Keith Stevenson)
- "Endure" (2004) in Agog! Smashing StoriesAgog! Smashing StoriesAgog! Smashing Stories is a 2004 speculative fiction anthology edited by Cat Sparks.-Background:Agog! Smashing Stories was first published in Australia in 2004 by Agog! Press in trade paperback format. It was a short-list nominee for best collected work at the 2005 Ditmar Awards but lost to Black...
(ed. Cat Sparks) - "Don't Got No Wings" (2004) in Encounters (ed. Maxine McArthurMaxine McArthur-Biography:McArthur spent 16 years living in Japan but returned to live in Canberra in 1996. In 1999 McArthur's first book was released in Australia, entitled Time Future. It won the 1999 George Turner Award and finished ninth in 2000 Locus Awards for best first novel...
, Donna Maree Hanson) - "Generous Furniture" (2004) in Glass Onion (ed. D. F. LewisD. F. LewisD. F. Lewis is an English author who has had approximately 1,500 short fictions published in print from 1986 to 2000, some in hard-to-find outlets, others in literary journals such as Stand, Iron, Orbis, Panurge and London Magazine. Others have appeared in anthologies...
) - "Porcelain Salli" (2004) in Aurealis #33-35, (ed. Keith Stevenson)
- "Five Bells" (2005) in Daikaiju! Giant Monster TalesDaikaiju! Giant Monster TalesDaikaiju! Giant Monster Tales is a 2005 speculative fiction anthology edited by Robert Hood and Robin Pen.-Background:Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales was first published in Australia in 2005 by Agog! Press in hardback format. It won the 2006 Ditmar Award for best collected work. Daikaiju! Giant...
(ed. Robin Pen, Robert HoodRob HoodRobert Hood is an Australian writer and editor recognised as one of Australia's leading horror writers. He has published five young adult novels, three collections of his short fiction, fifteen children's books and over 100 short stories in anthologies and magazines in Australia and overseas...
) - "Tumble" (2005) in Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror 2006 (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...
, Angela Challis) - "Neighbours" (2005) in The Devil in BrisbaneThe Devil In BrisbaneThe Devil in Brisbane is a 2005 speculative fiction anthology edited by Zoran Živković and Geoff Maloney. The project was born out of a masterclass held by the editor at the 2004 Brisbane Writers Festival. The theme of the anthology is a meeting between a writer and the devil, set in...
(ed. Zoran ZivkovicZoran Živkovic (writer)Zoran Živković is a writer, essayist, researcher, publisher and translator from Belgrade, Serbia , where he still resides.-Biography:...
) - "Slow and Ache" (2005) in Aurealis #36 (ed. Ben Payne, Robert Hoge)
- "Marco's Tooth" (2006) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #22 (ed. Tansy Rayner RobertsTansy Rayner RobertsTansy Rayner Roberts is an award-winning Australian fantasy writer. She holds a Bachelor of Arts , and completed a PhD in Classics in 2007, both from the University of Tasmania. Roberts's short stories have been published in a variety of genre magazines, including Andromeda Spaceways Inflight...
) - "Cracks" (2008) in Shiny #2
- "Delivery" (2008) in Cosmos: The Science of Everything June–July 2008 (ed. Damien BroderickDamien BroderickDamien Francis Broderick is an Australian science fiction and popular science writer. His science fiction novel The Judas Mandala is sometimes credited with the first appearance of the term "virtual reality," and his 1997 popular science book The Spike was the first to investigate the...
, Wilson da SilvaWilson da SilvaWilson da Silva is an Australian science journalist and editor who has worked in magazines, newswires, newspapers, television and online. He is editor and co-founder of Cosmos, Australia's #1 science magazine, and Cosmos Online, the country's #1 science news website.He has been an on-air science...
) - "The New Deal" (2008) in Dreaming Again (ed. Jack DannJack DannJack Dann is an American writer best known for his science fiction, an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, in the majority of cases as editor or co-editor of story anthologies in the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres...
) - "The Lighterman's Tale" (2009) in Canterbury 2100: Pilgrimages in a New World (ed. Dirk Flinthart)
- "The Neighbourhood of Dead Monsters" (2009) in Aurealis #42 (ed. Stuart Mayne)
- "Iron Temple" (2009) in X6 (ed. Keith Stevenson)
- "Temptation" (2010) in Scenes from the Second StoreyScenes from the Second StoreyScenes from the Second Storey is the debut album by The God Machine released in 1993 by Fiction Records / Polydor. It peaked at #55 in the UK Album Chart....
(ed. Amanda Pillar, Pete Kempshall)
Anthologies
- Fantastical Journeys to Brisbane (2008) edited with Geoffrey MaloneyGeoffrey MaloneyGeoffrey Maloney is an Australian writer of speculative short fiction.-Biography:Maloney's first story, "5 Cigarettes and 2 Snakes", was published in 1990 in Aurealis #1. In 1997 Maloney's "The Embargo Traders" was nominated for Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story. Along with Maxine...
and Zoran Zivkovic
Editor contributions
- Redsine, fiction editor for the magazine
- The Etched CityThe Etched CityThe Etched City is the first novel of the Australian science-fiction writer K. J. Bishop. It was published for the first time by Prime Books in 2003 The Etched City is the first novel (and the only one published to date) of the Australian science-fiction writer K. J. Bishop. It was published for...
(2003), a novel by K. J. BishopK. J. BishopKirsten J. Bishop is an Australian writer and artist. In 2004, her first book, The Etched City, was nominated for a World Fantasy Award in the Best Novel category.-Novels:* The Etched City * Black Dog...