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Claire Fitzpatrick (born 1991) is an Australian speculative fiction, non-fiction, and pop-culture writer. She is most noted for her non-fiction contributions to Aurealis, Australia's oldest-running science fiction magazine, and her literary non-fiction related to the novel Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.[1] She co-hosts the podcast Swords, Sorcery & Synthesizes: an 80s Fantasy Movie Podcast[2]and is writing a children's horror book series with Scottish author Jan-Andrew Henderson.

A former music journalist, she wrote many years for Scenestr magazine.[3]

Personal life

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Fitzpatrick was born in Kogaragh, New South Wales. Her earliest writing was a poem titled 'Rainbows', which was commended in the 2002 Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Competition in the children's category.[4]

Fitzpatrick has epilepsy, and mental health challenges,[5] which has influenced much of her earlier writing.

Fitzpatrick is a feminist[6] and mental health advocate. During a panel at a convention in 2024, she was involved in a debate regarding the role of men in Gothic fiction and men's mental health. She was critical of male-exclusionary feminism and negative attitudes towards men's mental health. She is a supporter of the Men's Rights Movement. Her husband, a visual artist, passed away from suicide in 2024.

Style and themes

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Her fiction contains feminist themes, including pregnancy, childbirth, and gender roles.[7] She has contributed many articles for Women In Horror Month and operates a Women In Horror blog,[8] where she interviews authors about women in horror.

Much of her work is body horror.[9] She has been called 'Australia's Queen of Body Horror[10]' and 'Australia's Body Horror Specialist.'[11]

Fitzpatrick is heavily inspired by HP Lovecraft. With her husband, she created and co-edited two issues of the magazine 'The Asylum Diaries[12]', tales inspired by HP Lovecraft.

Short Fiction

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Fitzpatrick's fiction spans across multiple genres and is generally regarded as speculative fiction.[13]

  • Madeline (2015)
  • Andromeda (Novelette) (2015)
  • The Dog (2016)
  • Andromeda (2016)
  • Deck the Walls (2016)
  • Happy Birthday, Ebony (2017)
  • Thorne House (2017)
  • Jólakötturinn (2017)
  • Eat (2017)
  • Synthetic (2017)
  • The Jacaranda House (2017)
  • Deep-Sea Fishing (2018)
  • Metamorphosis (2018)
  • Dragonfly (2018)
  • Scents (2018)
  • The Town Hall (2018)
  • Mechanical Garden (2018) also appeared as:
    • Variant: The Mechanical Garden (2018)
  • The Eagle (2018)
  • Scarab (2018)
  • Octopus (2018)
  • Humanoid (2018)
  • The Perfect Son (2019)
  • Transplant (2019)
  • Reaper (2019)
  • Berberoka (2019)
  • Happy Birthday, Ebony (2019)
  • Fledgeling (2019)
  • Electromagnatism (2019)
  • The Wallpaper (2020)
  • Mother (2020)
  • Pit Of Love (2020)
  • The Music From The Rue de l'Église (2020)
  • Indigo (Novelette) (2020)
    • Recorded as an audiobook by Growling Grin Productions
  • Divine Engineer (2021)
  • A Little Faith (2021)
  • The Lighthouse (2022)
  • Vignette (2022)
  • Peripatetic (2022)
  • Mother (2023)
  • The Cave (2023)
  • Sailor's Delight (2023)
  • Brother Mine (2024)

Fiction Collection

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  • Metamorphosis (2019/IFWG Publishing Australia)

Non-Fiction

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Fitzpatrick writes critical literary non-fiction, essays, memoir, and articles. She is known for her speculative fiction pop-culture articles in Aurealis magazine.[14] She has over 40 articles and essays.

Several of her non-fiction articles also discuss women's unique experiences with motherhood.[15] She has contributed several articles regarding Mary Shelley,[16] Mary Wollstonecraft[17] and early feminism[17].

As a non-fiction editor, she has worked with several award-winning authors including Turkish-born Australian essayist Dmetri Kakmi,[18] multi-award winning Australian author Rob Hood, multi award-winning New Zealand author Lee Murray, New Zealand author and researcher Lucy Sussex, and American writer Nancy Holder.

Mary Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft

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Fitzpatrick has contributed significant non-fiction on Mary Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft.[19] Her compiled and edited anthology 'A Vindication of Monsters: Essays on Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley' is used within university Gothic Literature programs. The book won the 2024 Rocky Wood Award for Non-Fiction and Criticism,[20] the 2024 William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review,[21] and was shortlisted for the 2023 Bram Stoker Award for Long Non-Fiction.[22] The book features a preface from Sara Karloff, actress and daughter of Boris Karloff, an introduction by American writer and genre fiction annotator Leslie S. Klinger, and a foreword by American horror author and screenwriter Lisa Morton.

Her article 'How Mary Shelley Continues to Influence Modern Science Fiction' (2021) was shortlisted for the 2022 William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review.[23]

Aurealis

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  • Why Do People Like Horror Movies? (2016)
  • Dark Fantasy Versus Horror: Why Are Their Differences Important? And Which Genre Should You Introduce to Your Children First? (2016)
  • Body Horror and the Horror Aesthetic (2016)
  • When Too Much Pleasure Is Never Enough: An Exploration of Hedonism (2017)
  • Neuroscience in Science Fiction: Brain Augmentation in an Increasingly Futuristic World (2017)
  • Monsters and Female Power: The Legacy of Buffy (2018)
  • Book to Screen: The Vampire Chronicles and the Future of Novel Adaptation (2018)
  • Universal Monsters and the New Age of Fear (2018)
  • The Importance of Telling Scary Stories (2018)
  • Lovecraft, Audiobooks, and the Evolution of Storytelling (2019)
  • What We Can Learn from Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's Good Omens (2020)
  • Speculative Fiction Artwork—Revealing the Future (2020)
  • Tales of Ursula K Le Guin—The Extraordinary Life of One of the World's Most Talented Authors of Our Time (2021)
  • Anne Rice's Delve Into Science Fiction (2021)
  • How Mary Shelley Continues to Influence Modern Science Fiction (2021) Shortlisted for the 2022 William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review.
  • Social Science Fiction: From The Time Machine to Snowpiercer (2022)
  • Titane and the Use of Colour in Film (2022)
  • Plant Life In Speculative Fiction (2022)
  • The Continuing Longevity of Speculative Fiction Spinoffs (2023) Shortlisted for the 2023 William J Atheling Award for Criticism or Review
  • The X-Files and Technology-Based Horror – From the 90's to Now (2023)
  • Dystopian Novels That Came True (2024)
  • The Afterlife in Speculative Fiction: A Memoir (Sort of) (2024)

Midnight Echo

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  • Wake in Fright at 50—Quintessential Australian Horror (2021)
  • Curses: Fact or Fiction—Australia, New Zealand, and Beyond (2023)

The Horror Tree

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  • How To Write Lovecraftian Horror (2022)

Breath and Shadow Magazine

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  • Life In Status Epilepticus. Or, What To Do When You Think You’re A Jellyfish (2017)

The Ginger Nuts of Horror

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  • Borderline Personality Disorder: When Psychopathy Helps Your Success As A Writer (2020)
  • Marginalisation and the Future Of Horror (2020) Reprinted in Aurealis #127
  • Horror, Culture, Society, and the Need to be Liked. Listed on This Is Horror's 5 Must Read Horror Articles December[24] (2021)
  • Introduction to 'A Vindication of Monsters' – Women, Horror, Society, and Moving Forward (2023)
  • Horror Films That Meaningfully Address Grief and Loss (2024)

Murder Down Under – Australia’s Notorious Serial Killers (Essay contribution)

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  • Snowtown and the South Australian Nightmare [25]

Accolades

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2024 – Rocky Wood Award for Non-Fiction and Criticism. (Winner) A Vindication of Monsters: Essays on Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley. (IFWG Publishing International)[26]

2024 – William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review. (Winner) A Vindication of Monsters: Essays on Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley. (IFWG Publishing International)[26]

2024 – William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review. (Shortlisted) The Continuing Longevity of Speculative Fiction Spinoffs' (Aurealis 159)[26]

2024 – Bram Stoker Award for Long Non-Fiction (Shortlisted) A Vindication of Monsters: Essays on Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley. (IFWG Publishing International)[26]

2022 – William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review. (Shortlisted) How Mary Shelley Continues To Influence Science Fiction,' published in Aurealis #145[26]

2020 – Rocky Wood Memorial Scholarship. (Recipient) A Vindication of Monsters: Essays on Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley.(IFWG Publishing International)[26]

2017 – Rocky Wood Award for Non-Fiction and Criticism. (Winner) The Body Horror Book. (Self-published)[26]

References

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  1. ^ Fitzpatrick, Claire (ed) (October 15, 2023). A Vindication of Monsters: Essays on Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley. IFWG Publishing International. ISBN 978-1922856401. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  2. ^ "Swords, Sorcery & Synthesizes". Swords, Sorcery & Synthesizes. 2024-10-02. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  3. ^ "Electronic Ballads With Phoebe Sinclair". scenestr.com.au. 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  4. ^ Macleod, Selene (4/11/2017). "The Horror Tree Presents....Claire Fitzpatrick". The Horror Tree. Retrieved 20/10/2024. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)
  5. ^ "Holistic Horror". horror.org. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  6. ^ Murray, Lee (23/03/2024). "Horror's Real-Life Final Girls". Interstellar Flight Press. Retrieved 20/10/24. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)
  7. ^ "Journal Review: Midnight Echo: Journal of the Australasian Horror Writers Association, Vol. 17, edited by Greg Chapman | Musings of the Monster Librarian". Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  8. ^ "Women In Horror". Women In Horror. 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  9. ^ "Author: Claire Fitzpatrick". IFWG Publishing. 2019-06-16. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  10. ^ Muller, Linda (2018-06-18). "Body horror book win". Redland City Bulletin. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  11. ^ "You're My Inspiration with Claire Fitzpatrick – Speculative Chic". Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  12. ^ "The Asylum Diaries".
  13. ^ "Summary Bibliography: Claire Fitzpatrick". www.isfdb.org. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  14. ^ "The Fiction Mags Index".
  15. ^ "claire fitzpatrick – WordMothers – for women writers & women's writing". WordMothers - for women writers & women's writing. 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  16. ^ "Aurealis #145 — Aurealis". aurealis.com.au. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  17. ^ a b Mcleod, Jim (2023-06-01). "A VINDICATION OF MONSTERS". Ginger Nuts of Horror. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  18. ^ Trove (20/10/2024). "National Library of Australia". Trove. Retrieved 20/10/2024. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)
  19. ^ Morton, Lisa (2024-04-02). "The Seers' Table April 2024". Horror Writers Association. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  20. ^ locusmag (2024-10-08). "2024 Australasian Shadows Awards Winners". Locus Online. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  21. ^ locusmag (2024-10-08). "2024 Ditmar Awards Winners". Locus Online. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  22. ^ "Fitzpatrick, Claire – The Bram Stoker Awards". Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  23. ^ Morton, Lisa (2024-04-02). "The Seers' Table April 2024". Horror Writers Association. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  24. ^ "5 Must Read Horror Articles 18 December 2023". This Is Horror. 2023-12-18. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  25. ^ "Murder Down Under – Exposit Books". expositbooks.com. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  26. ^ a b c d e f g Austlit. "Claire Fitzpatrick | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
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