Nathan Burrage

Australian writer of speculative fiction

Nathan Burrage
Nathan Burrage in 2007
Born	(1971-01-07) 7 January 1971 (age 53) Victoria, Australia
Occupation	Author Program Manager
Nationality	Australian
Period	2001 to present
Genre	Speculative fiction
Website
www.nathanburrage.com

Nathan Burrage is an Australian writer of speculative fiction.

Born 1971, in country Victoria, Australia, Burrage grew up in Melbourne. He graduated with a Bachelor of Economics & Commerce from the University of Melbourne in 1993.

He began writing fiction in the late 1990s, with his first short story was published in 2001. In that year Burrage was awarded a mentorship by the NSW Writers’ Centre to develop an early version of his debut novel, FIVEFOLD. Since then, he has had 20 short stories published in various Australian anthologies, magazines and webzines.

In January 2005, Burrage was selected to attend Clarion South, the Australian equivalent of the US residential short story workshop. With the benefit of this experience, he was able to secure a literary agent and FIVEFOLD was sold to Random House Australia in January 2007.

Bibliography – novels

FIVEFOLD - ISBN 978-1-86325-585-1 published in January 2008 by / Random House Australia^[1]

Bibliography – short stories (selected)

2010 - R Quotient (reprint) & In the Arms of Medusa (reprint) - Issue 8, / Orb Speculative Fiction
2010 - Fragments of the Fractured Forever - Issue 43, / Aurealis Magazine
2008 - Spirals in the Sky - Issue 40, / Aurealis Magazine
2008 - Obituary Park - Macabre: A Journey Through Australia's Darkest Fears, / Brimstone Press
2008 - 7 Kinds of Wrong - Black Box e-anthology, / Brimstone Press
2008 - Upon Reflection - Black Box e-anthology, / Brimstone Press
2007 - The Sidpa Bardo (reprint) - Australian Dark Fantasy & Horror 2, / Brimstone Press
2007 - The 32 Paths - Issue 114, / AntipodeanSF
2007 - Black & Bitter, Thanks - / Ticonderoga Publications, The Workers' Paradise Anthology
2007 - In The Arms of Medusa - Issue 7, / Orb Magazine (nominated for a 2007 Aurealis Award).^[2]
2006 - A Skinful of Guilt - Issue 11, / Shadowed Realms
2006 - The Sidpa Bardo - Issue 10, / Shadowed Realms
2005 - Blurring - Shadow Box e-anthology, / Brimstone Press
2004 - The R Quotient - Issue 6, / Orb Magazine
2001 - A Message to Medicare - Issue 7, / Redsine Magazine
2001 - Snowstorm - Issue 27/28, / Aurealis Magazine

Awards and nominations

2009 Ditmar Awards Short-listed for Best Novel
2008 Aurealis Awards Short-listed for Best Science Fiction story
2008 Ditmar Awards Short-listed for Best New Talent

References

^ "Fivefold by Nathan Burrage". Random House Australia Books. Random House Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2008.
^ "Nominated Works". Aurealis Awards. Archived from the original on 13 May 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2008.