Claire Fitzpatrick Claire Fitzpatrick i(A32095 works by)
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Journalist, author, editor, and poet.

Claire Fitzpatrick won a 2017 Australian Shadows Award for her edited collection The Body Horror Book, an examination of the monstrous aspect of the human form, the carnival, and the grotesque in (non-Australian) films. The book, containing essays by Australian and international writers, was published by Fitzpatrick's own small press, Oscillate Wildly Press.

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Notes

  • In addition to works individually indexed on AustLit, Claire Fitzpatrick also publishes non-fiction articles on speculative fiction in such periodicals as Aurealis, including 'When Too Much Pleasure Is Never Enough: An Exploration Of Hedonism' (Aurealis) and 'Neuroscience in Science Fiction: Brain Augmentation in an Increasingly Futuristic World' (Aurealis).

Personal Awards

2024 winner Ditmar Awards — William Atheling Jr Award as editor of 'A Vindication of Monsters: Essays on Mary Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft'.
2024 nominated Ditmar Awards — William Atheling Jr Award for 'The Continuing Longevity of Speculative Fiction Spin-offs'.
2022 shortlisted Ditmar Awards — William Atheling Jr Award for "How Mary Shelley Continues to Influence Modern Science Fiction", in Aurealis 145.
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