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Peter Friend


Peter Friend is a New Zealand born science fictionwriter who won the Sir Julius Vogel Award for fiction three times. His stories have been published in Asimov's Science Fiction, Aurealis, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine[1], and elsewhere.

The stories he has won awards for are:

  • "The Good Earth" (2002 Sir Julius Vogel Award)
  • "The Alchemist" - Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine[2] #8 which tied for first with “A Plea for Help” - by Kevin G Maclean Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #6 (2004 Sir Julius Vogel Award)
  • "The Real Deal" published in Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 2005 (2006 Sir Julius Vogel Award)
  • He also had a story shortlisted for the 2005 Sir Julius Vogel Award: "The Christmas Tree" - published in Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine

    • Short films

    Peter has also won both the Hobbyist Category and Overall prizes at the 2007 Moviefest short film competition, for a 5-minute animated film entitled 'Monocular'.

    References

    Peter Friend (author) Wikipedia
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