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Brett McBean
Brett McBean is best known as an award-winning Australian horror fiction, horror, thriller (genre), thriller and speculative fiction writer. He was born and raised in Melbourne. He is also a drummer and has an Advanced Diploma from Box Hill, Victoria, Box Hill College of Music McBean's novel ''The Mother'' was nominated as the Ditmar Award results#Best Novel 6, "Best Novel" for the 2007 Ditmar Awards (where he was also nominated as "Best New Talent"), a Ned Kelly Award for "Best Novel" of 2007, a 2007 Aurealis Award for "Best Novel," and it received a 2006 honorable mention by the Australian Shadows Awards. His short story collection ''Tales of Sin and Madness'' won the 2011 Australian Shadows Award for "Best Collection". He also has a keen interest in true crime, in particular the infamous Jack the Ripper murders of 1888. He runs a Jack the Ripper website, ''Saucy Jacky'', in which he reviews Ripper movies and literature, and shares his thoughts about popular suspects and Rippe ...
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Penguin Books Australia
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Australian Horror Writers
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Australian Male Short Story Writers
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Australian Male Novelists
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21st-century Australian Novelists
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Australian Horror Writers Association
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Thunderstorm Books
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Necessary Evil Press
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Delirium Books
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Biting Dog Press
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