K. A. Bedford
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Kenneth Adrian Bedford, better known under the pseudonym of K. A. Bedford, is an Australia
n writer of science fiction
.
, Australia
. In 2003 Bedford's first novel, Orbital Burn, was released in Canada by Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing. He has since written three more novels. Eclipse
and Time Machines Repaired While-U-Wait
both won the Aurealis Award
for best science fiction novel
in 2005 and 2008 respectively, while Orbital Burn and Hydrogen Steel both received short-list nominations in the same category. Time Machines Repaired While-U-Wait was also a shortlist nominee for the 2008 Philip K. Dick Award.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n writer of science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
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Biography
Bedford was born in FremantleFremantle
Freemantle is a suburb of Southampton in England.Fremantle or Freemantle may also refer to:- Places :* Fremantle, the port city to the capital Perth, Western Australia...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. In 2003 Bedford's first novel, Orbital Burn, was released in Canada by Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing. He has since written three more novels. Eclipse
Eclipse (Bedford novel)
Eclipse is a 2005 science fiction novel by K. A. Bedford. It follows the story of James Dunne, an officer of the Royal Interstellar Service Academy whose first assignment becomes a nightmare when he is drafted into the First Contact Team.-Background:...
and Time Machines Repaired While-U-Wait
Time Machines Repaired While-U-Wait
Time Machines Repaired While-U-Wait is a 2008 science fiction novel by Australian writer K. A. Bedford. It follows the story of Spider who repairs time machines for a living until he discovers a corpse inside one of the machines he is fixing - leading the Department of Time and Space to take over...
both won the Aurealis Award
Aurealis Award
Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award.-History:...
for best science fiction novel
Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel
The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and SpecFaction NSW to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers"...
in 2005 and 2008 respectively, while Orbital Burn and Hydrogen Steel both received short-list nominations in the same category. Time Machines Repaired While-U-Wait was also a shortlist nominee for the 2008 Philip K. Dick Award.