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Francis Payne (born 1953) is an Australian writer of speculative fiction.

Biography

Payne was born in 1953 in Scotland. In 1967 Payne emigrated to Australia. Payne won his first award in 1978 with his work "Albert's Bellyful" which won the Ditmar Award for best Australian short fiction. In 1995 he won the Aurealis Award for best horror short story with his chapbook "Olympia". Payne has a wife and child and is currently living outside Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Awards and nominations

Bibliography

Short fiction

• "Albert's Bellyful" (1977) in Yggdrasil February 1977
• "What the Stone of Ciparri Says" (1995) in Bloodsongs #6 (ed. Steve Proposch)
• "Olympia" (1995)

References

General

• Francis Payne at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Specific

1. ^ "Francis Payne". ericlindsay.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
2. ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1978 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 23 January 2002. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
3. "Olympia by Francis Payne". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
4. ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1996 Aurealis Awards". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 25 January 2002. Retrieved 25 December 2010.

• 1953 births
• Living people
• Australian male short story writers