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K.A. Bedford

K.A. Bedford has been writing since he was a little kid, but started writing seriously when he was 14. His first novel, which was his first professional sale, was published in 2003, when he was 40. The lesson here, he says, is “stick with it.” K.A. Bedford attended Curtin and Murdoch Universities, where he studied Writing, Theatre and Philosophy.

This year he is planning to start a fresh burst of study through Open Universities Australia, focussing again on Philosophy. He lives in the wild northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia with his wife Michelle.

Awards

  • Shortlisted, Western Australian Science Fiction Association Tin Duck Award, 2009
  • Shortlisted, Philip K Dick Award, 2009
  • Winner, Aurealis Award for Best Australian Science Fiction Novel, 2008
  • Shortlisted, Aurealis Award for Best Australian Science Fiction Novel, 2006
  • Winner, Aurealis Award for Best Australian Science Fiction Novel, 2005
  • Shortlisted, Aurealis Award for Best Australian Science Fiction Novel, 2003

Books available from Fremantle Press

Other Books by this Author

  • Hydrogen Steel, 2006
  • Eclipse, 2005
  • Orbital Burn, 2003

Website

From the Catalogue

House of Fiction @ Sydney Writers Festival

Who knew that Elizabeth Jolley’s life contained even more mystery and dark secrets than her fiction? Her stepdaughter Susan Swingler reconstructs the harrowing tale of a forbidden love affair and an abandoned child. She talks to Caroline Baum at the Sydney Writers Festival