A. L. McCann
{{Short description|Australian academic and writer}}
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Andrew Lachlan McCann is an Australian academic and writer of horror fiction.
Biography
McCann lives in Victoria and holds both an MA from the University of Melbourne and a PhD from Cornell University.{{cite web|url=http://www.harpercollins.com.au/authors/50018335/A_L_McCann/index.aspx |title=A L McCann |publisher=HarperCollins |date= |accessdate=2010-01-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201015916/http://harpercollins.com.au/authors/50018335/A_L_McCann/index.aspx |archivedate=2011-12-01 |df= }} His academic work has won him awards and fellowships. McCann has also published works on topics such as politics and history. He is a lecturer at the Melbourne University's English Department. McCann's first novel, The White Body of Evening, was published in 2002 by HarperCollins.{{cite web | url = http://eidolon.net/?book=thewhitebodyofevening | title = The White Body of Evening by A L McCann | publisher = Eidolon Publications | date = | accessdate = 2010-01-03}} It won the 2002 Aurealis Award for best horror novel.{{cite web|url=http://www.aurealisawards.com/downloads/history1995_2008.pdf.pdf |title=aurealis awards, previous years’ results |publisher=Aurealis Awards |date= |accessdate=2010-01-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224172144/http://www.aurealisawards.com/downloads/history1995_2008.pdf.pdf |archivedate=24 December 2010 }} His second novel, Subtopia, was published in 2005 by Vulgar Press.{{cite web | url = http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3426624 | title = Subtopia / A.L. McCann | publisher = National Library of Australia | date = | accessdate = 2010-01-03}}
As a Sydney Review of Books contributor, McCann's subjects have ranged from Otto Dov Kulka to David Woodard.McCann, Andrew, e.g., [https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/reviews/metropolis-of-death "Metropolis of Death"] (5 Apr 2013), [https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/reviews/allegory-and-the-german-half-century-imperium "Allegory and the German (Half) Century"] (28 Aug 2015), Sydney Review of Books.
Bibliography
- The White Body of Evening (2002)
- Subtopia (2005)
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111201015916/http://harpercollins.com.au/authors/50018335/A_L_McCann/index.aspx A. L. McCann] at HarperCollins
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Category:21st-century Australian novelists
Category:Australian horror writers
Category:Australian male novelists
Category:21st-century Australian male writers
Category:Dartmouth College faculty
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