K. J. Bishop

K. J. Bishop
Born	Kirsten J. Bishop Melbourne, Australia
Occupation	Novelist, artist
Genre	Fantasy, science fiction

Kirsten J. Bishop is an Australian writer and artist. In 2004, her first book, The Etched City, was nominated for a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel.

Bibliography

Novels

• The Etched City (2003)

Collections

• That Book Your Mad Ancestor Wrote (e-book publication in 2012)

Short fiction

• "The Art of Dying" (1997)
• "The Love of Beauty" (1999)
• "The Memorial Page" (2002)
• "On the Origins of the Fragrant Hill" (2002)
• "Beach Rubble" (2003)
• "Maldoror Abroad" (2003)
• "Reminiscence" (The Thackery T Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases, 2003)
• "Alsiso" (The Alsiso Project, 2004)
• "We the Enclosed" (2004)

Awards

• 2004 William L. Crawford Award for Best First Novel
• 2004 Ditmar Award for Best Novel
• 2004 Ditmar Award for Best New Talent

External links

• Official website
• K. J. Bishop at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Interview by Jeff VanderMeer for Clarkesworld Magazine (April, 2008)