Jo Anderton

Jo Anderton is a writer of fantasy, horror, and other types of speculative fiction. She has been a finalist for and won multiple awards for her work.

Anderton is a marketing co-ordinator for an Australian book distributor, but spends her nights and weekends writing dark fantasy, science fiction, and horror.

In 2011, Anderton published her first book in the Veiled Worlds trilogy, ''Debris''. Her second book in the trilogy, ''Suited'', appeared in 2012. The third book, ''Guardian'', was published by FableCroft Publishing in 2014.

In 2013, Anderton published her first short story collection, entitled ''Bone Chime Song and other stories'' ( FableCroft Publishing), which won both the Aurealis Award and the Australian Shadows Award for Best Collection, as well as being shortlisted for the Ditmar Award Best Collected Work.

Awards and shortlistings

*"Mah Song" from ''The Bone Chime Song and other stories'' ( FableCroft Publishing), Best Short Fiction, 2013 Ditmar Awards shortlist.
*"Mah Song" from ''The Bone Chime Song and other stories'' ( FableCroft Publishing), Best Young Adult Short Story, 2013 Aurealis Awards shortlist.
*"Mah Song" from ''The Bone Chime Song and other stories'' ( FableCroft Publishing), Best Science Fiction Short Story, 2013 Aurealis Awards shortlist.
*"The Last Tiger" fro
Daily Science Fiction
Best Science Fiction Short Story, 2013 Aurealis Awards shortlist.
*"Fencelines" from ''The Bone Chime Song and other stories'' ( FableCroft Publishing), Best Horror Short Story, 2013 Aurealis Awards shortlist.
*"Fencelines" from ''The Bone Chime Song and other stories'' ( FableCroft Publishing), Short Fiction, 2012 Australian Shadows Awards shortlist.
*''The Bone Chime Song and other stories'' ( FableCroft Publishing), Best Collected Work, 2013 Ditmar Awards shortlist.
*''The Bone Chime Song and other stories'' ( FableCroft Publishing), Best Collection, 2013 Australian Shadows Awards WINNER.
*''The Bone Chime Song and other stories'' ( FableCroft Publishing, Best Collection, 2013 Aurealis Awards WINNER.
*''Suited'' (Angry Robot), Best Novel, 2012 Ditmar Awards shortlist.
*''Suited'' (Angry Robot), Best Science Fiction Novel, 2012 Aurealis Awards shortlist.
*"The Bone Chime Song" from ''Light Touch Paper Stand Clear'' ( Peggy Bright Books), Best Short Fiction 2012 Ditmar Awards shortlist.
*"Sanaa's Army" from ''Bloodstones'' (Ticonderoga Publications), Best Short Fiction, 2012 Ditmar Awards shortlist.
*"Sanaa's Army" from ''Bloodstones'' (Ticonderoga Publications), Best Science Fiction Short Story, 2012 Aurealis Awards shortlist.
*"Sanaa's Army" from ''Bloodstones'' (Ticonderoga Publications), Best Horror Short Story, 2012 Aurealis Awards shortlist.
*"Flowers in the Shadow of the Garden" from ''Hope'' (2011), (Kayelle Press), 2012 WSFA Small Press Award shortlist.
*"Flowers in the Shadow of the Garden" from ''Hope'' (Kayelle Press), 2011 Best Science Fiction Short Story, 2011 Aurealis Awards shortlist.
*"Dragon Bones" from Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, No. 39, Best Young Adult Short Story, 2009 Aurealis Awards shortlist.
*''Debris'' (Angry Robot), Best Fantasy Novel, 2012 Aurealis Awards shortlist.
*"The Sea at Night" from ''Dead Red Heart'' (Ticonderoga Publications), Short Fiction, 2011 Australian Shadows Awards shortlist.
*"Out Hunting for Teeth" from ''Midnight Echo'' No. 6, Short Fiction, 2011 Australian Shadows Awards shortlist.
*Jo Anderton, Best New Talent Ditmar Awards WINNER.

Bibliography

Fiction

Novels

;Veiled Worlds series
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#''Suited'', (2012), Angry Robot Books.
#''Guardian'', (2014), FableCroft Publishing.

Collected stories

*''The Bone Chime Song and other stories'', (2013), FableCroft Publishing.

Short fiction

* "The Feast", published in ''Shadowed Realms'', 2005.
* "Bond", published by ''Deep Magic'', 2006.
* "Swinging the World". Won the Lightning Flash Fiction competition at ''Flash Me'' magazine, October 2006.
* "Threefold", published at ''Bewildering Stories'', 2007.
* "Darkened", published in ''Staffs & Starships Magazine'', 2007.
* "Mirror Dirt", published in ''Flashspec'', vol. 2, 2007.
* "Thread Embrace", published at ''The Harrow'', 2007.
* "Flightless", published at ''Arcane Twilight'', 2007.
* "Whale Fall", published at ''Daikaijuzine'', 2007.
* "When the Mountain Weeps", published in ''Touched by Wonder'' by Meadowhawk Press, 2007.
* "Trail of Dead", published in ''Zombies'' by Altair Australia, 2007.
* "Demons and Gin", published in ''Niteblade'', 2007.
* "Dogs", published in ''Aurealis'', 2007.
* "Wordwitch", the issue feature story at ''A Fly in Amber'', July 2008.
* "Cold Beneath the Bougainvillea", published in the ''Black Box'', 2008.
* "Death Masque", published in ''CSFG'' anthology, ''Masques'', March 2009.
* "Trail of Dead", reprinted in ''Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror'' vol. 3 by Brimstone Press, 2009.
* "Dragon Bones", published in ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, no. 39, June 2009. Shortlisted for the Aurealis Award for Best Young Adult Short Story.
* "Shadow of Drought", published in ''Midnight Echo 2'', June 2009.
* "Albatross Ghosts", published in ''Kaleidotrope'' No. 7, October 2009.
* "Little Ghost Boy", published in ''Midnight Echo 3'', November 2009.
* "A Little Courage", autobiographical story published in ''Out of the Frying Pan: Bittersweet Tales of Stumbling into Adulthood'' by Finch Publishing, March 2010.
* "Graffiti", a Young Adult story published in ''Worlds Next Door'' by FableCroft Publishing, August 2010.
* "Breathtaker", published in ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'' issue No. 44, August 2010.
* "The Sea at Night", published in ''Dead Red Heart'' by Ticonderoga Publications, April 2011. Received an honourable mention in the 2011 Australian Shadows Award for best short story.
* "From the Dry Heart to the Sea", published in ''After the Rain'' by FableCroft Publishing, April 2011.
* "Flowers in the Shadow of the Garden", published in the ''Hope Anthology'' from Kayelle Press, October 2011. Finalist for the Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Short Story.
* "Out Hunting for Teeth", published in ''Midnight Echo 6'', November 2011. It received an honourable mention in the 2011 Australian Shadows Awards for best short story.
* "High Density", published in ASIM, February 2012.
* "Tied to the Waste", published in ''Tales of the Talisman'', March 2012.
* "A Memory Trapped in Light", published in ''Epilogue'' from Fablecroft Publishing, June 2012.
* "The Bone Chime Song", published in ''Light Touch Paper Stand Clear'' from Peggy Bright Books, June 2012.
* "Luminaire" published in ''From Stage Door Shadows'', eMergent Publishing, September 2012.
* "Sanaa's Army" in ''Bloodstones'', October 2012
*"Always a Price" in ''Midnight Echo'' No. 8, 2012.
* "Dredging" in ''100 Lightnings''
*"Mah Song" in ''The Bone Chime Song and other stories'' from FableCroft Publishing, 2013.
*"Fencelines" in ''The Bone Chime Song and other stories'' from FableCroft Publishing, 2013.
*"Sand and Seawater" (with Rabia Gale) in ''One Small Step, an anthology of discoveries'' from FableCroft Publishing, 2013.
*"The Last Tiger" a
Daily Science Fiction
2013.

Non-fiction

* "Story behind "The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories"" (2013), from "Story Behind the Book : Volume 1"Story Behind the Book : Volume 1 – Essays on Writing Speculative Fiction out now!

References

External links

The story behind The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories

Suited review

The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories review

The story behind Guardian – Online Essay by Jo Anderton
at Upcoming4.me

FableCroft Publishing

Aurealis AwardsDitmar Awards

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