Kaaron Warren is an Australian author of horror, science fiction, and fantasy short stories and novels.
She is the author of the short story collections Through Splintered Walls, The Grinding House, and Dead Sea Fruit. Her short stories have won Australian Shadows Awards, Ditmar Awards and Aurealis Awards.
Her three novels, published by Angry Robot Books, are Slights, Walking the Tree and Mistification.
Kaaron was Special Guest at the 2013 Australian National Science Fiction Convention.
2017, Ditmar Award, Best Novel: The Grief Hole
2016, Australian Shadows Award, Novel: The Grief Hole
2016, Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Horror Division, Novel: The Grief Hole
2015, Australian Shadows Award, Short Fiction
2013, Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Division, Best Short Story: Air, Water and the Grove: The Lowest Heaven, Focus 2013: Highlights of Australian Short Fiction, 2013
2013, Australian Shadows Award, Paul Haines Shadow Award for Long Fiction: The Unwanted Women of Surrey: Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy, 2013
2013, Shirley Jackson Awards: Novella: Sky
2013, Ditmar Award, Best Novella: Sky
2013, ACT Writing and Publishing Awards, Non-fiction-Fiction: Through Splintered Walls
2012, Ditmar Award, Best Collected Work: Through Splintered Walls
2012, Canberra Critics Circle Fiction Award: Through Splintered Walls
2012, Australian Shadows Award, Best Collected Work: Through Splintered Walls
2012, Aurealis Award, Best Horror Story: Sky
2012, Australian Shadows Award, Best Novella: Sky
2011, ACT Writing and Publishing Awards, Fiction: Dead Sea Fruit
2009, Australian Shadows Award, Best Novel: Slights
2010, Ditmar Award, Best Novel: Slights
2009, Canberra Critics Circle Fiction Award: Slights
2006 ACT Writing and Publishing Award, fiction: The Grinding House
2006 Ditmar Award, Novella/novelette: "The Grinding House"
2006 Ditmar Award, Short story: "Fresh Young Widow"
1999 Aurealis Award, Horror short story: "A Positive"
2016, Australian Shadows Award, Short Fiction: All Roll Over
2016, Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Division, Short Story: 68 Days Tomorrow's Cthulhu: Stories at the Dawn of Posthumanity
2016, Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Horror Division, Short Story: 68 Days
2015, Australian Shadows Award, Edited Publication: Midnight Echo: The Magazine of the Australian Horror Writers Association, no. 11 April 2015
2015, Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Division, Short Story: Witnessing: The Canary Press Story Magazine, no. 6 December 2015
2015, World Fantasy Award, Best Short Fiction: Death's Door Cafe: Shadows and Tall Trees, Spring no. 6 Focus 2014: Highlights of Australian Short Fiction, Nightmare, no. 43, April 2014
2014, Ditmar Awards, Best Short Story: Air, Water and the Grove: The Lowest Heaven, Focus 2013: Highlights of Australian Short Fiction, 2013
2013, Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Horror Division, Best Short Story: The Human Moth: The Grimscribe's Puppets, 2013
2012, Shirley Jackson Award, Best Novella: Sky
2012, Australian Shadows Award, Best Short Story: Road
2012, Australian Shadows Award, Best Short Story: Mountain
2012, Australian Shadows Award, Best Short Story: Creek
2012, Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Division, Best Short Story: Lighthouse Keeper’s Club
2012, Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Best Collection: Through Splintered Walls
2011, Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Anthology Division: Ishtar
2011, Bram Stoker Award (Final Ballot), Superior Achievement in Short Fiction: All You Can Do Is Breathe
2011, Ditmar Award, Best Horror Story: All You Can Do Is Breathe
2010, Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Best Collection: Dead Sea Fruit
2010, Ditmar Award, Best Short Story, Tontine Mary: New Ceres Nights, Dead Sea Fruit
2010, Ditmar Award, Best Novel: Walking the Tree
2009, Aurealis Award, Best Horror Short Story: The Gaze Dogs of Nine Waterfall
2009, Australian Shadows Award, Best Short Story: The Gaze Dogs of Nine Waterfall
2009, Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Best Horror Novel: Slights
2010, Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best First Novel: Slights
2008 Ditmar Award, Short story: "His Lipstick Minx"
2006 Ditmar Award, Collected work: The Grinding House
2006 Australian Shadows Award: The Grinding House
2007 Aurealis Award, Horror short story: "Woman Train"
2007 Aurealis Award, Horror short story: "Dead Sea Fruit"
2004 Aurealis Award, Science Fiction short story: "State of Oblivion"
2002 Aurealis Award, Fantasy short story: "The Speaker of Heaven"
2001 Aurealis Award, Fantasy short story: "The Left Behind"
1999 Aurealis Award, Horror short story: "The Glass Woman"
1997 Aurealis Award, Horror short story: "The Hanging People"
1996 Aurealis Award, Horror short story: "Skin Holes"
1996 Aurealis Award, Fantasy short story: "The Blue Stream"
