Chris Lawson is an Australian writer of speculative fiction.

Chris Lawson
Born1966 (age 57–58)
Melbourne, Australia
OccupationWriter, physician
NationalityAustralian
Period1993–present
GenreSpeculative fiction
Website
members.ozemail.com.au/~claw/

Early life and education

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Lawson was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1966.[1][2] During his childhood Lawson spent time in Papua New Guinea, where his father worked as a biologist on a crocodile farm and his mother studied psychology of personal identity.[1] Later he studied medicine, attaining a graduate diploma in biostatistics, epidemiology and human genetics.[3]

Career

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Medicine

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Lawson worked for the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service and Merck Sharp & Dohme. As of 2011 was practising as a family doctor.[3]

Writing

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Lawson's first work was published in 1993, entitled "Metacarcinoma" his short story was published in the Summer 1993 edition of Eidolon (Australian magazine).[4] He received his first award for his work in 2000 when his short story "Written in Blood" won both the 1999 Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story and the 2000 Ditmar Award for best short fiction.[5][6]

Personal life

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Lawson is married and has two children and as of 2011 was living in Melbourne.[1]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Work Category Result
1999 Aurealis Award "Chinese Rooms" Best science fiction short story Nomination[5]
1999 Aurealis Award "Written in Blood" Best science fiction short story Won[5]
2000 Ditmar Award "Written in Blood" Best short story Won[6]
2003 Ditmar Award Best fan writer Nomination[7]
2006 Aurealis Award "Hieronymous Boche" Best horror short story Nomination[8]
2006 Ditmar Award "Body Parts" William Atheling Jr. Award Nomination[9]
2006 Ditmar Award "Countless Screaming Argonauts" Best Australian novella or novelette Nomination[9]
2008 Ditmar Award Talking Squid Best fan production Nomination[10]

Bibliography

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Short fiction

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Collections

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  • Written in Blood (2003)

Essays

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  • "The Tithonus Option is Not an Option" (1999)
  • "Worldcon 1999 Report" (1999) in Locus No. 466
  • Counter-Intuitive: "Life Without Sex" (2000) in Ticonderoga On-line
  • "We Done Kill'd the Columbia" (2003) in Written in Blood
  • "Evolutionary Pressure on Creationists" (2003) in Written in Blood
  • "The Standard Book of Alchymical Elementals" (2003) in Written in Blood
  • "Fun Experiments With Your Own Brain" (2003) in Written in Blood
  • "Body Parts" (2004) in Borderlands #4
  • Counter-Intuitive: "The Shape That Kills" in Ticonderoga On-line
  • "Neglected Science in Science Fiction" (2004) in Fables & Reflections No. 6
  • "The Triangle of Meaning" (2004) in Borderlands No. 3
  • Counter-Intuitive: "Still Evolving After All These Years" (2005) in Ticonderoga On-line
  • "Preservation of What Exactly?" (2005) in Borderlands #5
  • "Conspiracy Theories are Deadlier Than Conspiracies" in Borderlands #6

References

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General
  • "Chris Lawson – Summary Bibliography". ISFDB. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  • "Bibliography". CLAW!. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
Specific
  1. ^ a b c "Chris Lawson". MirrorDanse Books. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Lawson, Chris". AusLit Agent. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  3. ^ a b "About". CLAW!. Archived from the original on 5 April 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Bibliography". CLAW. Archived from the original on 2 April 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  5. ^ a b c "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2000 Aurealis Awards". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 24 January 2002. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  6. ^ a b "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2000 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 24 January 2002. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  7. ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2003 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 24 February 2004. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  8. ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2007 Aurealis Awards". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 2 September 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  9. ^ a b "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2006 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 4 March 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  10. ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2008 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
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