Leigh Blackmore

Leigh Blackmore
Leigh Blackmore in 2007
Born
Leigh David Blackmore

1959
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Alma materUniversity of Wollongong
Occupation(s)editor/proofreader, writer, manuscript assessor, critic, occultist, musician
Known for"Uncharted," "Exalted Are the Forces of Darkness", Spores from Sharnoth and Other Madnesses
Parent(s)Rod Blackmore; Elizabeth Anne James
Websitehttp://members.optusnet.com.au/lvxnox/

Leigh (David) Blackmore (born 1959) is an Australian horror writer, critic, editor, occultist, musician and proponent of post-left anarchy. He was the Australian representative for the Horror Writers of America (1994–95) and served as the second President of the Australian Horror Writers Association (2010–2011).[1] His work has been nominated four times for the Ditmar Award, once for fiction and three times for the William Atheling Jr. Award for criticism.[2] He has been a Finalist in both the Poetry and Criticism categories of the Australian Shadows Awards. He has contributed entries to such encyclopedias as S. T. Joshi and Stefan J. Dziemianowicz (eds) Supernatural Literature of the World (Greenwood Press, 2005, 3 vols) and June Pulliam and Tony Fonseca (eds), Ghosts in Popular Culture and Legend (ABC-Clio, 2016).

According to The Melbourne University Press Encyclopedia of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, "His name is now synonymous with Australian horror,"[3] and a Hodder & Stoughton press release stated that, "Leigh Blackmore is to horror what Glenn A. Baker is to rock and roll."[4] He has also been recognised as "one of the leading weird poets of our era",[5] and has been nominated for the Science Fiction Poetry Association's Rhysling Award. His fiction has appeared in Australia, the USA, the UK, France, Denmark and Sweden. Translations of his poetry have appeared in French and Italian.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference AHWA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: Index of Literary Nominees". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  3. ^ Collins, Paul (1998). The MUP Encyclopedia of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. pp. 11, 46–47.
  4. ^ "Hodder Media Release On Leigh Blackmore, Editor of Terror Australis: The Best of Australian Horror | Horror Fiction | Speculative Fiction". Scribd.
  5. ^ Review of Spores from Sharnoth and Other Madnesses, Dead Reckonings 4: 83 (Fall 2008)