Maxine McArthur

Maxine McArthur
Maxine McArthur in 2012.
Born	1962 (age 61–62)
Nationality	Australian
Genre	Science fiction
Notable awards	Aurealis 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

• Time Future (1999)
• Time Past (2002)
• Less Than Human (2004)

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. "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.