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 Altair and won the 2000 Aurealis Award for best horror short story. In 2001 she won the Ditmar Award for best new talent. Biancotti's fifth short story, "King of All and the Metal Sentinel" was published in 2002 and won the 2003 Ditmar Award for best Australian short fiction. In 2007 her story "A Scar for Leida" won the Aurealis Award for best young-adult short story. Biancotti is now based in Sydney.

Awards and nominations Year Award Work Category Result2000 Aurealis Award "The First and Final Game" Best horror short story Won2001 Ditmar Award – Best new talent WonDitmar Award "The First and Final Game" Best short story Nomination2002 Ditmar Award – Best fan writer Nomination2003 Ditmar Award "King of All and the Metal Sentinel" Best Australian short fiction Won2004 Ditmar Award "The Singular Life of Eddy Dovewater" Best short story Nomination2005 Ditmar Award "Number 3 Raw Place" Best short story Nomination2006 Aurealis Award "The Dying Light" Best young-adult short story NominationAustralian Shadows Award "The Dying Light" – NominationDitmar Award "Summa Seltzer Missive" Best short story Nomination2007 Aurealis Award "A Scar for Leida" Best young-adult short story WonDitmar Award "Surrender 1: Rope Artist" Best short story Nomination2008 Aurealis Award "Pale Dark Soldier" Best horror short story NominationAurealis Award "The Tailor of Time" Best young-adult short story NominationDitmar Award – (with Jonathan Strahan, Garth Nix, Trevor Stafford) Professional achievement NominationDitmar Award "A Scar for Leida" Best short story Nomination2009 Aurealis Award A Book of Endings Best collection NominationAustralian Shadows Awards A Book of Endings Best long fiction NominationAustralian Shadows Awards "Six Suicides" Best short fiction WonDitmar Award "Pale Dark Soldier" Best short story Nomination2010 Crawford Award A Book of Endings – NominationDitmar Award A Book of Endings Best collected work NominationDitmar Award "Six Suicides" Best short story NominationLocus Award A Book of Endings Best collection Nomination

Bibliography

Short fiction "The First and Final Game" (2000) in Altair #6/7 (ed. Robert N. Stephenson, Jim Deed, Andrew Collings) "All the Monochrome Butterflies" (2001) in Mitch?2: Tarts of the New Millennium "Fixing the Glitch" (2001) in Mitch?3: Hacks to the Max "Life's Work" (2002) in Passing Strange (ed. Bill Congreve) "The Razor Salesman" (2002) in Ideomancer Unbound (ed. Chris Clarke, Mikal Trimm) "Silicon Cast" (2002) in Redsine Seven (ed. Garry Nurrish) "King of All and the Metal Sentinel" (2002) in Agog! Fantastic Fiction (ed. Cat Sparks) "The Distance Keeper" (2003) in Borderlands No. 1 "The Singular Life of Eddy Dovewater" (2003) in Agog! Terrific Tales (ed. Cat Sparks) "Stone by Stone" (2003) in Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural (ed. Bill Congreve) "Number 3 Raw Place" (2004) in Agog! Smashing Stories (ed. Cat Sparks) "Cinnamon Gate" (2004) in Orb Speculative Fiction No. 6 (ed. Sarah Endacott) "Syrup" (2005) in ConSensual a Trois (ed. Cathy Cupitt, Stephen Dedman, Elaine Kemp) "Six of One" (2005) in Mitch? 4: Slow Dancing Through Quicksand "Summa Seltzer Missive" (2005) in Ticonderoga Online No. 6 (ed. Russell B. Farr, Liz Grzyb, Lyn Battersby) "Surrender I: Rope Artist" (2006) in Shadowed Realms (ed. Angela Challis, Shane Jiraiya Cummings) "Stealing Free" (2006) in Agog! Ripping Reads (ed. Cat Sparks) "The Dying Light" (2006) in Eidolon I (ed. Jeremy G. Byrne, Jonathan Strahan) "A Scar for Leida" (2007) in Fantastic Wonder Stories (ed. Russell B. Farr) "The Tailor of Time" (2008) in Clockwork Phoenix (ed. Mike Allen) "Conversations" (2008) in Dog Versus Sandwich (ed. Ben Payne) "Watertight Lies" (2008) in 2012 (ed. Alisa Krasnostein, Ben Payne) "The Tailor of Time" (2008) in Clockwork Phoenix (ed. Mike Allen) "Pale Dark Soldier" (2008) in Midnight Echo (ed. Kirstyn McDermitt, Ian Mond) "Seven Ages of the Protagonist" (2008) in Scary Food (ed. Cat Sparks) "Coming Up for Air" (2009) in A Book of Endings (ed. Alisa Krasnostein, Ben Payne) "Diamond Shell" (2009) in A Book of Endings (ed. Alisa Krasnostein, Ben Payne) "This Time, Longing" (2009) in A Book of Endings (ed. Alisa Krasnostein, Ben Payne) "Six Suicides" (2009) in A Book of Endings (ed. Alisa Krasnostein, Ben Payne) "Problems of Light and Dark" (2009) in A Book of Endings (ed. Alisa Krasnostein, Ben Payne) "Hush" (2009) in A Book of Endings (ed. Alisa Krasnostein, Ben Payne) "And the Dead Shall Outnumber the Living" (2010) in Ishtar (ed. Mark Deniz) "Home Turf" (2010) in Baggage (ed. Gillian Polack) "No Going Home" (2010) in Sprawl (ed. Alisa Krasnostein) "All the Lost Ones" (2013) in Exotic Gothic 5, Vol. I (ed. Danel Olson)

Collections A Book of Endings (2009) Bad Power (2011)

Novella Waking in Winter (2016)

Novels Zeroes (2015) (co-authored with Scott Westerfeld and Margo Lanagan)

References General Bibliography at Deborahbiancotti.net

Specific

External links Official site