Max Barry Max Barry i(A5086 works by)
Also writes as: Maxx Barry
Born: Established: 1973 Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Max Barry is a full time writer based in Melbourne. He also created the online political game NationStates.

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y separately published work icon The 22 Murders of Madison May Sydney : Hachette Australia , 2021 22543441 2021 single work novel science fiction fantasy

'From the critically acclaimed author of Jennifer Government and Lexicon comes a mind-bending speculative psychological suspense about a serial killer pursuing his victim across time and space, and the woman who is determined to stop him, even if it upends her own reality.

''If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.'

'In Queens, New York, 22-year-old real estate agent Madison May is showing a house. The buyer, a man she's never met, is friendly, engaging . . . and claims to be her soulmate from a parallel life. She's in danger, he tells her. He's come to save her.

'Later that day, newspaper journalist Felicity Staples is assigned to report on Madison May's murder. Discontent with her own life, Felicity finds herself drawn into a shocking conspiracy involving a powerful group who have harnessed the ability to slip between lives - to move between one version of reality to another.

'On the run, turned into an imposter in her own life, Felicity is forced to seek the truth behind Madison May, the woman who is murdered over and over, in different ways, wherever she goes. For only by saving Madison May can Felicity reassemble the broken pieces of herself.' (Publication summary)

 

2021 finalist Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction Science Fiction Division Novel
y separately published work icon Lexicon United Kingdom (UK) : Hachette , 2013 5983688 2013 single work novel fantasy science fiction 'Two years ago, something terrible was unleashed in an Australian mining town called Broken Hill. Thousands died. Few people know what really happened. Emily Ruff is one of them. She belongs to an elite organisation of 'poets': masters of manipulation who use language to warp others to their will. She was one of their most promising recruits until she made a catastrophic mistake: she fell in love. Wil Parke knows the truth too, only he doesn't remember it. And he doesn't know why he's immune to the poets' powers. But he knows he needs to run. As their stories converge, the past is revealed, and the race is on for a deadly weapon: a word. Because the poets know that words can kill...' (Publisher's blurb)
2013 winner Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction Science Fiction Division Best Novel
2013 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction Fantasy Division Best Novel
2014 finalist Locus Awards SF Novel
y separately published work icon Machine Man Melbourne : Scribe , 2011 Z1580713 2011 single work novel humour science fiction

'Charlie always thought his body could be better. His employer, military contractor Better Future, has the resources he needs to explore a few ideas. So he begins to build parts. Better parts. Charlie's prosthetist, Lola, is impressed by his artificial limbs. But some see him as a madman. Others, a product. Or even a weapon.

'Existing at the intersection between mind and body, in the dawn of the age of pervasive technology, Machine Man is a gruesomely funny tale about one man's quest for the ultimate in self-improvement.' (From the publisher's website.)

2011 winner Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Digital Narrative
2011 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction Science Fiction Division Best Novel
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