Brett McBean is best known as an award-winning Australian
horror
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speculative fiction
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Ned Kelly Award
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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 Ripper victims.
Selected bibliography
Novels
* ''Wolf Creek: Desolation Game'' (2014,
Penguin Books Australia
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* ''The Awakening'' (2012, Tasmaniac Publications)
* ''The Mother'' (2006,
Lothian Books
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* ''The Last Motel'' (2002, Wild Roses Productions/2005,
Biting Dog Press
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* ''Buk and Jimmy Go West'' (2013, LegumeMan Books)
* ''Dead Tree Forest'' (2011, Delirium Books)
* "Jungle" trilogy (''Concrete Jungle'' / ''Neighbourhood Jungle'' / ''Suburban Jungle'' 2010, 2011, 2013, Tasmaniac Publications)
* ''The Familiar Stranger'' (2006,
Necessary Evil Press
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Short story collections
* ''Tales of Sin and Madness'' (2008,
Thunderstorm Books
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