Chris Lawson (writer)


Chris Lawson is an Australian writer of speculative fiction.

Early life and education

Lawson was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1966. During his childhood Lawson spent time in Papua New Guinea, where his father worked as a biologist on a crocodile farm and his mother studied psychology of personal identity. Later he studied medicine, attaining a graduate diploma in biostatistics, epidemiology and human genetics.

Career

Medicine

Lawson worked for the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service and Merck Sharp & Dohme. As of 2011 was practising as a family doctor.

Writing

Lawson's first work was published in 1993, entitled "Metacarcinoma" his short story was published in the Summer 1993 edition of Eidolon (Australian magazine). He received his first award for his work in 2000 when his short story "Written in Blood" won both the 1999 Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story and the 2000 Ditmar Award for best short fiction.

Personal life

Lawson is married and has two children and as of 2011 was living in Melbourne.

Awards and nominations

Short fiction

Collections

  • ''Written in Blood''

Essays

  • "The Tithonus Option is Not an Option"
  • "Worldcon 1999 Report" in Locus No. 466
  • Counter-Intuitive: "Life Without Sex" in Ticonderoga On-line
  • "We Done Kill'd the Columbia" in Written in Blood
  • "Evolutionary Pressure on Creationists" in Written in Blood
  • "The Standard Book of Alchymical Elementals" in Written in Blood
  • "Fun Experiments With Your Own Brain" in Written in Blood
  • "Body Parts" in Borderlands #4
  • Counter-Intuitive: "The Shape That Kills" in Ticonderoga On-line
  • "Neglected Science in Science Fiction" in Fables & Reflections No. 6
  • "The Triangle of Meaning" in Borderlands No. 3
  • Counter-Intuitive: "Still Evolving After All These Years" in Ticonderoga On-line
  • "Preservation of What Exactly?" in Borderlands #5
  • "Conspiracy Theories are Deadlier Than Conspiracies" in Borderlands #6