Trent Jamieson is an Australian writer of

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Biography

Jamieson was first published in 1994 with the short story "Threnody" which was published in the winter edition ''

Eidolon (Australian magazine) Eidolon Publications was a small press publisher based in North Perth, Western Australia. The company previously published the speculative fiction magazine ''Eidolon'' which ran from 1990 to 2000 and published books under the name of Eidolon Boo ...

''. In 2003 Jamieson was nominated for the

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for best professional achievement but lost to

Jonathan Strahan Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...

. In 2005 Jamieson won the Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story with his story " Slow and Ache". In 2008 he won his second Aurealis Award. " Cracks" won the

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, beating works by

Deborah Biancotti Deborah Biancotti is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Biography Biancotti was born in 1971 in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Her first work was published in 2000 with her short story "The First and Final Game" which was featured in ...

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and Kevin MacLean. In 2010 his first novel, ''Death Most Definite'', was published by

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and was nominated for the Aurealis Award for best horror novel and the Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel. ''Death Most Definite'' is the first part of the ''Death Works'' series and was followed by a sequel ''Managing Death'' in early 2011. Jamieson is currently writing a duology for

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and the third novel in the ''Death Works'' series. Jamieson is a former teacher at

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and is a seasonal academic at the

Queensland University of Technology Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a public research university located in the urban coastal city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. QUT is located on two campuses in the Brisbane area viz. Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove. The univ ...

. He is also a former editor for the magazine ''Redsine''. Jamieson currently lives in

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, Australia and works at The Avid Reader Bookshop.

Awards and nominations

Bibliography

Novels

;''Death Works'' *''Death Most Definite'' (2010) *''Managing Death'' (2011) *''The Business of Death'' (September 2011) ;Other *''Roil'' (30 August 2011) *''Night's Engines'' (2012) *''Day Boy'' (2015) *''The Stone Road'' (2022)

Short fiction

*"Threnody" (1994) in ''

'' Winter 1994 (ed.

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) *"Naked" (1999) in ''

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'' No. 3 (ed. Robert N. Stephenson, Jim Deed, Andrew Collings) *"Carousel" (2000) in ''

Aurealis ''Aurealis'' is an Australian speculative fiction magazine published by Chimaera Publications, and is Australia's longest running small-press science-fiction and fantasy magazine. The magazine is based in Melbourne. History and profile ''Aureali ...

'' #25/26 (ed.

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) *"A Thief Is a King in the Halls of the Night" (2001) in '' AustrAlien Absurdities'' (ed.

Chuck McKenzie Chuck McKenzie is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Biography McKenzie was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1970. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Writing & Literature from Deakin University. McKenzie's varied work histor ...

Tansy Rayner Roberts Tansy Rayner Roberts (born 22 May 1978) is an Australian fantasy writer. Her short stories have been published in a variety of genre magazines, including ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'' and ''Aurealis''. She also writes crime fiction a ...

) *"Tar Baby" (2002) in ''

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'' (ed.

Cat Sparks Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Sp ...

) *"The Catling God" (2002) in ''

Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'' or ''ASIM'' is a fantasy and science fiction magazine published out of Canberra, ACT, Australia. The publishers of ''ASIM'' describe it as "Australia's Pulpiest SF Magazine". The magazine is currentl ...

'' No. 1 (ed. Ben Payne) *"Wind Down" (2002) in ''Aurealis'' No. 30 (ed. Keith Stevenson) *"Endure" (2004) in ''

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'' (ed. Cat Sparks) *"Don't Got No Wings" (2004) in ''

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, Donna Maree Hanson) *"Generous Furniture" (2004) in ''Glass Onion'' (ed. D. F. Lewis) *"Porcelain Salli" (2004) in ''Aurealis'' #33–35, (ed. Keith Stevenson) *"Five Bells" (2005) in ''

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'' (ed.

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) *"Tumble" (2005) in ''Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror 2006'' (ed.

Shane Jiraiya Cummings Shane Jiraiya Cummings (born 24 April 1974) is an Australian horror and fantasy author and editor. He lives in Sydney with his partner Angela Challis. Cummings is best known as a short story writer. He has had more than 100 short stories publis ...

Angela Challis Brimstone Press was an Australian independent publisher of dark fiction ( horror and dark fantasy). Brimstone Press was established in 2004 by Angela Challis and Shane Jiraiya Cummings and was based in Western Australia. The first publication fr ...

) *"Neighbours" (2005) in ''

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'' (ed. Zoran Zivkovic) *"Slow and Ache" (2005) in ''Aurealis'' No. 36 (ed. Ben Payne, Robert Hoge) *"Marco's Tooth" (2006) in ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'' No. 22 (ed.

) *" Cracks" (2008) in ''Shiny'' No. 2 *"Delivery" (2008) in
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' June–July 2008 (ed.

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) *"The New Deal" (2008) in '' Dreaming Again'' (ed.

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) *"The Lighterman's Tale" (2009) in ''Canterbury 2100: Pilgrimages in a New World'' (ed. Dirk Flinthart) *"The Neighbourhood of Dead Monsters" (2009) in ''Aurealis'' No. 42 (ed. Stuart Mayne) *"Iron Temple" (2009) in ''X6'' (ed. Keith Stevenson) *"Temptation" (2010) in ''

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Anthologies

*''Fantastical Journeys to Brisbane'' (2008) edited with

Geoffrey Maloney Geoffrey Maloney is an Australian writer of speculative short fiction. Biography Maloney's first story, "5 Cigarettes and 2 Snakes", was published in 1990 in ''Aurealis'' No. 1. In 1997 Maloney's "The Embargo Traders" was nominated for Aureal ...

and Zoran Zivkovic

Collections

*''Reserved for Travelling Shows'' (2006)

Children's Books

*''The Giant and the Sea'' (2020) *''Mr Impoppable'' (2023)

Editor contributions

*''Redsine'', fiction editor for the magazine *''

The Etched City ''The Etched City'' is the first novel (and the only one published to date) of the Australian science-fiction writer K. J. Bishop. It was published for the first time by Prime Books in 2003 (cover art done by K. J. Bishop herself), then by Tor ...

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References

;General * ;Specific {{DEFAULTSORT:Jamieson, Trent Living people 21st-century Australian novelists Australian horror writers Australian male novelists Australian male short story writers Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Australian short story writers 21st-century Australian male writers