Rob Hood

Robert Hood
Robert Hood (left) with Peter Straub in 2007
Robert Hood (left) with Peter Straub in 2007
BornRobert Maxwell Hood
(1951-07-24) 24 July 1951 (age 73)
Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationWriter, editor, graphic designer
NationalityAustralian
Alma materMacquarie University
GenreHorror, crime, fantasy, science fiction
Notable awardsDitmar Award for Best Collection, William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review
Website
www.roberthood.net

Robert Maxwell Hood[1] (born 24 July 1951) is an Australian writer and editor recognised as one of Australia's leading horror writers,[2] although his work frequently crosses genre boundaries into science fiction, fantasy and crime.

He has published five young adult novels, four collections of his short fiction, an adult epic fantasy novel, fifteen children's books and over 120 short stories in anthologies and magazines in Australia and overseas. He has also written plays, academic articles and poetry and co-edited anthologies of horror and crime. He has won seven Ditmars out of twenty nominations, and been nominated for six Aurealis Awards.

  1. ^ "Robert Hood Search". Austlist.edu.au. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  2. ^ Paulsen, Steve; McMullen, Sean (1994). "The Hunt for Australian Horror". Aurealis #14.