Trent Jamieson

Trent Jamieson is an Australian writer of speculative fiction.

Trent Jamieson
Trent Jamieson with Grace Dugan at the 2007 Aurealis Awards.
Occupation	Writer, bookseller, teacher
Nationality	Australian
Period	1994–present
Genre	Speculative fiction
Website
www.trentjamieson.com.au

Biography

Jamieson was first published in 1994 with the short story "Threnody" which was published in the winter edition Eidolon (Australian magazine).^[1][2] In 2003 Jamieson was nominated for the Ditmar Award for best professional achievement but lost to Jonathan Strahan.^[3] In 2005 Jamieson won the Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story with his story "Slow and Ache".^[4] In 2008 he won his second Aurealis Award. "Cracks" won the Aurealis Award for best young-adult short story, beating works by Deborah Biancotti, Dirk Flinthart and Kevin MacLean.^[5] In 2010 his first novel, Death Most Definite, was published by Orbit Books and was nominated for the Aurealis Award for best horror novel and the Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel.^[6] 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 Angry Robot Books and the third novel in the Death Works series.^[7]

Jamieson is a former teacher at Clarion South Writers Workshop and is a seasonal academic at the Queensland University of Technology.^[8][9] He is also a former editor for the magazine Redsine.^[9] Jamieson currently lives in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and works at The Avid Reader Bookshop.^[7]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Work	Category	Result
2003	Ditmar Award	–	Best Australian professional achievement	Nomination^[3]
2005	Aurealis Award	"Slow and Ache"	Best science fiction short story	Won^[4]
2008	Aurealis Award	"Cracks"	Best young-adult short story	Won^[5]
		"Day Boy"	Best horror short story	Nomination^[5]
		"Delivery"	Best science fiction short story	Nomination^[5]
2010	Aurealis Award	Death Most Definite	Best horror novel	Nomination^[6]
		Death Most Definite	Best fantasy novel	Nomination^[6]

Bibliography

Novels

Death Works

• Death Most Definite (2010)
• Managing Death (2011)
• The Business of Death (September 2011)^[7]

Other

• Roil (30 August 2011)^[10]
• Night's Engines (2012)^[10]
• Day Boy (2015)
• The Stone Road (2022)

Short fiction

• "Threnody" (1994) in Eidolon (Australian magazine) Winter 1994 (ed. Jonathan Strahan, Jeremy G. Byrne)
• "Naked" (1999) in Altair No. 3 (ed. Robert N. Stephenson, Jim Deed, Andrew Collings)
• "Carousel" (2000) in Aurealis #25/26 (ed. Dirk Strasser, Stephen Higgins)
• "A Thief Is a King in the Halls of the Night" (2001) in AustrAlien Absurdities (ed. Chuck McKenzie, Tansy Rayner Roberts)
• "Tar Baby" (2002) in Agog! Fantastic Fiction (ed. Cat Sparks)
• "The Catling God" (2002) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine No. 1 (ed. Ben Payne)
• "Wind Down" (2002) in Aurealis No. 30 (ed. Keith Stevenson)
• "Endure" (2004) in Agog! Smashing Stories (ed. Cat Sparks)
• "Don't Got No Wings" (2004) in Encounters (ed. Maxine McArthur, 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 Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales (ed. Robin Pen, Robert Hood)
• "Tumble" (2005) in Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror 2006 (ed. Shane Jiraiya Cummings, Angela Challis)
• "Neighbours" (2005) in The Devil in Brisbane (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. Tansy Rayner Roberts)
• "Cracks" (2008) in Shiny No. 2
• "Delivery" (2008) in Cosmos Magazine June–July 2008 (ed. Damien Broderick, Wilson da Silva)
• "The New Deal" (2008) in Dreaming Again (ed. Jack Dann)
• "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 Scenes from the Second Storey (ed. Amanda Pillar, Pete Kempshall)

Anthologies

• Fantastical Journeys to Brisbane (2008) edited with Geoffrey Maloney 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^[1]
• The Etched City (2003), a novel by K. J. Bishop^[1]

References

General

• "Trent Jamieson – Summary Bibliography". ISFDB. Retrieved 26 June 2011.

Specific

1. Peek, Ben. "Trent Jamieson". Tabula Rasa. from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
2. "Bibliography: Threnody". ISFDB. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
3. "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2003 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
4. "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2006 Aurealis Awards". Locus Online. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
5. "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2009 Aurealis Awards". Locus Online. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
6. "Aurealis Awards Finalists 2010" (PDF). SpecFaction NSW. (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
7. "About". Trentjamieson.com. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
8. "Trent Jamieson – Author Interview". The Australian Literature Review. 19 July 2010. from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
9. "Trent Jamieson". Supanova Pop Culture Expo. from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
10. "Trent Jamieson". Angry Robot Books. Retrieved 26 June 2011.