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 Hole2016, Australian Shadows Award, Novel: The Grief Hole2016, Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Horror Division, Novel: The Grief Hole2015, Australian Shadows Award, Short Fiction2013, 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, 20132013, 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, 20132013, Shirley Jackson Awards: Novella: Sky2013, Ditmar Award, Best Novella: Sky2013, ACT Writing and Publishing Awards, Non-fiction-Fiction: Through Splintered Walls2012, Ditmar Award, Best Collected Work: Through Splintered Walls2012, Canberra Critics Circle Fiction Award: Through Splintered Walls2012, Australian Shadows Award, Best Collected Work: Through Splintered Walls2012, Aurealis Award, Best Horror Story: Sky2012, Australian Shadows Award, Best Novella: Sky2011, ACT Writing and Publishing Awards, Fiction: Dead Sea Fruit2009, Australian Shadows Award, Best Novel: Slights2010, Ditmar Award, Best Novel: Slights2009, Canberra Critics Circle Fiction Award: Slights2006 ACT Writing and Publishing Award, fiction: The Grinding House2006 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 Over2016, Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Division, Short Story: 68 Days Tomorrow's Cthulhu: Stories at the Dawn of Posthumanity2016, Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Horror Division, Short Story: 68 Days2015, Australian Shadows Award, Edited Publication: Midnight Echo: The Magazine of the Australian Horror Writers Association, no. 11 April 20152015, Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Division, Short Story: Witnessing: The Canary Press Story Magazine, no. 6 December 20152015, 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 20142014, Ditmar Awards, Best Short Story: Air, Water and the Grove: The Lowest Heaven, Focus 2013: Highlights of Australian Short Fiction, 20132013, Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Horror Division, Best Short Story: The Human Moth: The Grimscribe's Puppets, 20132012, Shirley Jackson Award, Best Novella: Sky2012, Australian Shadows Award, Best Short Story: Road2012, Australian Shadows Award, Best Short Story: Mountain2012, Australian Shadows Award, Best Short Story: Creek2012, Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Division, Best Short Story: Lighthouse Keeper’s Club2012, Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Best Collection: Through Splintered Walls2011, Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Anthology Division: Ishtar2011, Bram Stoker Award (Final Ballot), Superior Achievement in Short Fiction: All You Can Do Is Breathe2011, Ditmar Award, Best Horror Story: All You Can Do Is Breathe2010, Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Best Collection: Dead Sea Fruit2010, Ditmar Award, Best Short Story, Tontine Mary: New Ceres Nights, Dead Sea Fruit2010, Ditmar Award, Best Novel: Walking the Tree2009, Aurealis Award, Best Horror Short Story: The Gaze Dogs of Nine Waterfall2009, Australian Shadows Award, Best Short Story: The Gaze Dogs of Nine Waterfall2009, Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Best Horror Novel: Slights2010, Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best First Novel: Slights2008 Ditmar Award, Short story: "His Lipstick Minx"2006 Ditmar Award, Collected work: The Grinding House2006 Australian Shadows Award: The Grinding House2007 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" 
