Kirstyn McDermott

Kirstyn McDermott is an Australian speculative fiction writer born in Newcastle, New South Wales, who studied at the University of Newcastle before relocating to Melbourne and later Ballarat, where she lives with her husband, author Jason Nahrung. Her debut novel, Madigan Mine, won the 2010 Aurealis Award for Best Horror Novel. She has since written the novel Perfections and the collection Caution: Contains Small Parts, served on the committee of the Australian Horror Writers Association, and co-hosts the literary podcast The Writer and the Critic.