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Occupation
  
Writer journalist

Spouse
  
Kirstyn McDermott

Role
  
Author

Name
  
Jason Nahrung

Nationality
  
Australian


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Genre
  
Horror fiction Speculative fiction

Books
  
Blood and Dust, The Darkness Within, Salvage, Surviving the End

Jason Nahrung (born 1968) is an Australian horror author and journalist who lives in Melbourne with his partner Kirstyn McDermott. Nahrung has previously written for The Courier-Mail newspaper in Queensland, with a special interest in speculative fiction and horror-related topics. He was co-winner the 2005 William Atheling Jnr award for Criticism or Review. His first novel, The Darkness Within (based on an unpublished novella co-written with Mil Clayton), was published in June 2007 by Hachette Livre in Australia. Nahrung has also published some horror and speculative fiction short stories.

Contents

Wins

  • 2012 Chronos Award: Best Novel for Salvage (Twelfth Planet Press).
  • 2012 Chronos Award: Best Short Story for "The Mornington Ride", 'Epilogue (FableCroft Publishing).
  • 2005 William Atheling Jr Award: "Why are publishers afraid of horror?" (The Courier-Mail)

    • Nominations

  • 2012 WSFA Small Press Award: "The Mornington Ride", Epilogue (FableCroft Publishing).
  • 2012 Aurealis Award for best horror novel: Blood and Dust (Xoum Publishing).
  • 2012 Aurealis Award for best horror novel: Salvage (Twelfth Planet Press).
  • 2012 Australian Shadows Award: Blood and Dust (Xoum Publishing).
  • 2012 Ditmar Award, Novel: Salvage (Twelfth Planet Press).
  • 2008 Ditmar Award, Novel: The Darkness Within
  • 2008 Ditmar Award, New Talent
  • 2004 William Atheling Jr Award

    • Honourable mentions

  • 2008 Aurealis Award, Horror novel: The Darkness Within

    • Reviews

  • Review of The Darkness Within in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine by Tehani Wessley (August 2007)
  • Review of The Darkness Within in HorrorScope by Mark Smith-Briggs (23 Aug 2007).
  • Reviews of Nahrung's work on ASif!

    • References

    Jason Nahrung Wikipedia
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