Margo Lanagan (born 1960 in

Waratah, New South Wales Waratah is a north-western residential suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, from Newcastle's central business district and bounded to the north by the Main North railway line. Waratah station was opened in 1858 and is served by NS ...

) is an Australian writer of

short stories A short story is a piece of prose fiction. It can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the old ...

and

young adult fiction Young adult literature (YA) is typically written for readers aged 12 to 18 and includes most of the themes found in adult fiction, such as family dysfunction, substance abuse, alcoholism, and sexuality. It is characterized by simpler world build ...

Biography

She grew up in Raymond Terrace and moved to

Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...

circa 1971/1972. After overseas travel, she moved to

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in 1982. Many of her books, including Young Adult (YA) fiction, were only published in Australia, but several have attracted worldwide attention. Her short story collection '' Black Juice'' won two World Fantasy Awards and a 2006

Printz Honor Award The Michael L. Printz Award is an American Library Association literary award that annually recognizes the "best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit". It is sponsored by ''Booklist'' magazine; administered by the ALA's ...

. It was published in Australia by

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, in the United Kingdom by Gollancz in 2004, and in North America by

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in 2005. It includes the much-anthologized short story " Singing My Sister Down", which was nominated for both the Hugo and the Nebula Awards for the best short story. Her short story collection '' White Time'' (), originally published in Australia by

in 2000, was published in North America by

in August 2006, after the success of ''Black Juice''. It received recognition as a 2007

Best Book for Young Adults The American Library Association's (ALA) Best Fiction for Young Adults, previously known as Best Books for Young Adults (1966–2010), is a recommended list of books presented yearly by the Young Adult Library Services Association The Young Ad ...

from the American Library Association. In addition to ''Black Juice'', a 2006 recipient, '' Tender Morsels'' also won a Printz Honor Award in 2009. ''Tender Morsels'' was a 2008

Shirley Jackson Award The Shirley Jackson Awards are literary awards named after Shirley Jackson in recognition of her legacy in writing. These awards for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror and dark fantasy are presented at Rea ...

finalist, the novella ''Sea-Hearts'' (later expanded into a novel) was a 2009 finalist. ''Tender Morsels'' won a World Fantasy Award in 2009 for best novel, and was a

Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book Winners of the Locus Award The Locus Awards are an annual set of literary awards voted on by readers of the science fiction and fantasy magazine '' Locus'', a monthly magazine based in Oakland, California. The awards are presented at an annual b ...

nominee. ''Sea-Hearts'' won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella in 2010. Lanagan is an alumna of the

Clarion West Writers Workshop Clarion West is a non-profit organization best known for their intensive six-week workshop for writers preparing for professional careers in speculative fiction. The Six-Week Workshop is a space for writing short stories and learning how to worksho ...

, 1999, and returned as a teacher in 2011 and 2013.

Bibliography

Novels

Teenage romances

As Melanie Carter: * As Belinda Hayes: * * As Gilly Lockwood: * * * As Mandy McBride: * * *

Junior fiction

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Young adult fiction

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Fantasy fiction

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Short story collections

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Short fiction

*" A Fine Magic" (2006) in '' Eidolon I'' (ed. Jeremy G. Byrne,

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 ...

) *"Winkie" (2006) in ''Red Spikes'' *"Machine Maid" (2008) in " Extraordinary Engines" (ed. Nick Gevers) *"A Dark Red Love Knot" (2009) in '' How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity'' (ed. Michael Chart) *"Ferryman" (2009) in ''Firebirds Soaring'' (ed. Sharyn November) *"Mulberry Boys" (2011) in ''Blood and Other Cravings'' (ed. Ellen Datlow) *"Blooding the Bride" (May 2012) in '' Exotic Gothic 4'' (ed. Danel Olson) *"The Fifth Star in the Southern Cross" (2013) in ''After the End: Recent Apocalypses'' (ed. Paula Guran) *"Mouth to Mouth" (2014) in ''Novascapes'' (ed. C.E. Page)

References

External links

Margo Lanagan and Tender Morsels
interview by

Jeff VanderMeer Jeff VanderMeer (born July 7, 1968) is an American author, editor, and literary critic. Initially associated with the New Weird literary genre, VanderMeer crossed over into mainstream success with his bestselling Southern Reach Series. The se ...

in Clarkesworld Magazine, October 2008 * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lanagan, Margo 1960 births Living people 20th-century Australian novelists 20th-century Australian short story writers 21st-century Australian novelists 21st-century Australian short story writers Australian children's writers Australian women children's writers Australian fantasy writers Australian women novelists Australian women short story writers Writers from Newcastle, New South Wales Australian women science fiction and fantasy writers Australian science fiction writers World Fantasy Award–winning writers Australian women horror writers Weird fiction writers 20th-century Australian women