Leanne Frahm is an Australian writer of

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Biography

Frahm was born in

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in 1946. She received her first nomination for her work in 1978 when she was a finalist for the 1979

Ditmar Award The Ditmar Award (formally the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Award; formerly the "Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award") has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention (the "Natcon") to recognise a ...

for best fan writer. The following year she won the best fan writer award. Frahm's first publication was in 1980, entitled "The Wood for the Trees" which was published in the anthology ''Chrysalis 6'', edited by Roy Torgeson. In 1981 Frahm's work, "Deus Ex Corporus", won the 1981 Ditmar Award for best Australian short fiction. She won a Ditmar again in 1994 for "Catalyst". In 1996 her story " Borderline" won the 1996 Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story. The following year she won the Ditmar Award for best fan writer for the second time.

Bibliography

Short fiction

*"The Wood for the Trees" (1980) in ''Chrysalis 6'' (ed. Roy Torgeson) *" Passage to Earth" (1980) in ''

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'', January 1980 (ed. Charles C. Ryan) *" Deus Ex Corporus" (1980) in ''Chrysalis 7'' (ed. Roy Torgeson) *"Barrier" (1980) in ''Chrysalis 8'' (ed. Roy Torgeson) *"Beyond Our Shores, a Colony" (1981 with Paul Collins) in ''Distant Worlds'' (ed. Paul Collins) *"Horn O' Plenty" (1981 with

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) in '' Stellar 7: Science Fiction Stories'' (ed.

Judy-Lynn del Rey Judy-Lynn del Rey née Benjamin (January 26, 1943 – February 20, 1986) was a science fiction editor. Born with dwarfism, she was a fan and regular attendee at science fiction conventions and worked her way up the publishing ladder, startin ...

) *"A Way Back" (1983) in ''

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) *"Lost" (1983) in ''Chrysalis 10'' (ed. Roy Torgeson) *"High Tide" (1983) in ''Fears'' (ed.

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) *"The Visitor" (1985) in ''Midnight'' (ed.

) *"On the Turn" (1986) in ''

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) *"Reichelman's Relics" (1990) in ''Amazing Stories, July 1990'' (ed.

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" (1991, a.k.a. "Olivetruffles") in ''

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'', Winter 1991 (ed.

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) *"The Buyer" (1991) in ''

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) *"The Lamadium Affair" (1992) in ''

'', Spring 1992 (ed. Jeremy G. Byrne,

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" (1993) in '' Terror Australis: The Best of Australian Horror'' (ed.

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" (1994) in '' Alien Shores : An Anthology of Australian Science Fiction'' (ed.

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) *" Jinx Ship" (1994) in ''The Patternmaker : Nine Science Fiction Stories'' (ed.

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) *"Entropy" (1995) in ''Bonescribes: Year's Best Australian Horror: 1995'' (ed.

Bill Congreve Bill Congreve is an Australian writer, editor and reviewer of speculative fiction. He has also published the work of Australian science fiction and horror writers under his MirrorDanse imprint. Biography Congreve's first work was published in 1 ...

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) *" Borderline" (1996) in ''Borderline'' (ed. Leanne Frahm) *"Ithaca Week" (1996) in ''Borderline'' (ed. Leanne Frahm) *"Rain Season" (1998) in ''

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, Jeremy G. Byrne,

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) *" Skein Dogs" (2005) in '' The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy: Volume Two'' (ed. Bill Congreve,

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Collections

*''Borderline'' (1996)

Essays

*Bibliography (1996) in ''Borderline'' (ed. Leanne Frahm) Source
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Awards and nominations

Aurealis Awards * Best horror short story **1995: Nomination: "Entropy" * Best science fiction short story **1996: Win: " Borderline" **2005: Nomination: "Skein Dogs" Ditmar Awards * Best fan writer **1979: Nomination **1980: Win **1981: Nomination **1984: Nomination **1998: Win * Best Australian short fiction **1981: Win: "Deus Ex Corporus" **1981: Nomination: "Passages to Earth" **1987: Nomination: "The Supramarket" **1997: Nomination: "Borderline" * Best short fiction **1992: Nomination: "Olive Truffles" **1994: Win: "Catalyst" **1995: Nomination: "Jinx Ship" **1995: Nomination: "Land's End" **1996: Nomination: "Entropy"

References

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