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Robert Hood (a.k.a. Robert Maxwell Hood; Rob Hood) b. 1951 (197 works by fr. 1975)

Considered to be one of Australia's leading writers of horror, Robert Maxwell Hood was initially raised in Rydalmere, before moving with his family to Sydney's Northern Beaches in the 1960s. After receiving his education at Rydalmere Primary School, Collaroy Plateau Primary School, and Narrabeen Boys' High School, Hood undertook tertiary studies at Macquarie University between 1970 and 1977. He eventually graduated with a Dip. Ed., a B.A., and an M.A. (Honours) in English Literature: his final thesis examined monster imagery in the works of William Blake. While still a student, Hood wrote a story about a madman taking over the world and, with encouragement from his tutor Thea Astley, successfully submitted it to ABC Radio. His first professional sale, 'Caesar or Nothing,' was broadcast by the ABC on 8 February 1975. That same year, he also he won the Canberra Times National Short Story competition. Despite this early promise, Hood did not begin to write and sell stories regularly for another ten years, largely due to his commitments as school teacher during that period.

After leaving the teaching profession, Hood undertook a variety of career options, including radio comedy writer for Sydney station 2SM, on-air comedy radio presenter for Wollongong station 2-Double-O (1985), journalist for the Liverpool Leader (1985-1987), and editorial cartoonist with the same newspaper (1987-96). From 1987 onwards, he has been associated with the University of Wollongong, as a research assistant on the subjects of Australian political and social history (1987-91), as a casual tutor in the School of Creative Arts (1989-94), and as a publications coordinator and graphic designer for the Economics Department/Faculty of Commerce (since 1991). Hood has also been employed in various freelance editorial positions since 1988, including acting editor of SCARP magazine (1989-90).

It is for his writing, however, that Hood is best known around Australia. While Steven Paulsen and Sean McMullen note that he is recognised primarily for his 'well-crafted horror short stories,' Hood has often explored related genres such as crime, science fiction, and fantasy. To date, he has published more than a hundred short works of fiction in leading magazines, newspapers, major anthologies, and literary journals in Australia and overseas, including Southerly, Mattoid, Puffinalia, and the Weekend Australian. Hood's creative output also covers drama, children's literature, literary criticism, and co-write several English textbooks.

Since the late 1980s, Hood has been nominated for or won a number of prestigious awards, beginning with the 1988 Australian Golden Dagger Award (mystery short stories) for 'Dead End'. He has since been nominated for the Aurealis Award for Best Horror Short Story on two occasions: for 'That Old Black Graffiti' (2001) and for 'Rotten Times' (2002). He has received six Ditmar nominations for his short fiction: for 'Ground Underfoot' and 'Primal Etiquette' (2000), 'That Old Black Graffiti (2001), 'Rotten Times' (2002), 'Moments of Dying' (2009), and 'Creeping in Reptile Flesh' (2009). He has also won three Ditmar Awards: the Collected Work Award for Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales (2006); the Fan Writer Award for film reviews published on his website (2007), and the Fan Writer Award for his blog Undead Backbrain (2009). Hood also won the 2006 William Atheling Jr Award for criticism or review with 'Divided Kingdom: King Kong vs Godzilla' (published in King Kong Is Back!, 2005) and in 2009 was shortlisted for the same award for his article 'George A. Romero: Master of the Living Dead' (published in Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine 2, 2008).

y separately published work icon Robert Hood Robert Hood , Wollongong : Robert Hood , 2000- 2000- website y
y separately published work icon Peripheral Visions : The Collected Ghost Stories of Robert Hood (1986 -2015) Robert Hood , ( illus. Nick Stathopoulos ) ,agent Melbourne : IFWG Publishing Inc , 2015 2015 selected work short story y
Possessed by the Immaterial: An Interview with Robert Hood single work interview
— Appears in: Studies in Australian Weird Fiction , no. 2 2008 2008 (p. 133-144)
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y separately published work icon Robert McFarlane Interviewed by Alex Hood Alex Hood (interviewer), Annette Hood (interviewer), Canberra : National Library of Australia , 2011 2011 single work interview y
y separately published work icon Robert Dickerson Interviewed by Alex Hood and Annette Hood Alex Hood (interviewer), Annette Hood (interviewer), Canberra : National Library of Australia , 2012 2012 single work interview y
y separately published work icon Robert Walker Interviewed by Alex and Annette Hood Alex Hood (interviewer), Annette Hood (interviewer), Canberra : National Library of Australia , 2002 2002 single work interview y
y separately published work icon Shadowed Realms Angela Challis (editor), Woodvale : Brimstone Press , 2004-2006 2004 periodical science fiction fantasy horror (11 issues) y
y separately published work icon Remainders Robert Hood , 2010 2010 series - author short story y
y separately published work icon Shades Robert Hood , Sydney : Hodder Headline Australia , 2001 2001 series - author novel young adult fantasy horror y
y separately published work icon Ancient Light Robert Hood , Sydney : Hodder Headline Australia , 2001 2001 single work novel fantasy horror young adult y
y separately published work icon Immaterial : Ghost Stories Robert Hood , Parramatta : MirrorDanse Books , 2002 2002 selected work short story interview horror thriller mystery crime y
y separately published work icon Bonescribes : The Year's Best Australian Horror 1995 Bill Congreve (editor), Robert Hood (editor), Parramatta : MirrorDanse Books , 1996 1996 anthology short story horror y
y separately published work icon Day-Dreaming on Company Time : Short Stories Robert Hood , Wollongong : Five Islands Press , 1988 1988 selected work short story y
y separately published work icon Slime Zone Bill Condon , Robert Hood , Rydalmere : Hodder Headline , 1996 1996 single work children's fiction children's horror y
y separately published work icon Bone Screamers Bill Condon , Robert Hood , Rydalmere : Hodder Headline , 1996 1996 single work children's fiction children's horror y
y separately published work icon Rat Heads Bill Condon , Robert Hood , Rydalmere : Hodder Headline , 1997 1997 single work children's fiction children's horror y
y separately published work icon Night Beast Robert Hood , Sydney : Hodder Headline Australia , 2001 2001 single work novel horror young adult fantasy y
y separately published work icon Crosstown Traffic Stuart Coupe (editor), Julie Ogden (editor), Robert Hood (editor), Wollongong : Five Islands Press ; Mean Streets , 1993 1993 anthology short story crime satire y
y separately published work icon Humungoid Bill Condon , Robert Hood , Sydney : Hodder Headline , 1997 1997 single work children's fiction children's horror y
y separately published work icon Feeding Frenzy Robert Hood , Bill Condon , Rydalmere : Hodder Headline Australia , 1997 1997 single work children's fiction children's horror y
y separately published work icon Brain Sucker Bill Condon , Robert Hood , Rydalmere : Hodder Headline , 1997 1997 single work children's fiction children's horror y
y separately published work icon The Slimelight, and How to Step Into It Robert Hood , Croydon Park : Coeur de Lion , 2009 2009 single work short story podcast y
y separately published work icon Black Sun Rising Robert Hood , Sydney : Hodder Headline Australia , 2001 2001 single work novel young adult horror fantasy y
y separately published work icon Diary : poems John Kyd , Morwell : John Kyd , 1976 1976 selected work poetry y
In the Backstreets with Rob Hood Lynne Babbage , single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 43 no. 3 1999 1999 (p. 12-13)
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y separately published work icon Shadow Dance Robert Hood , Sydney : Hodder Headline Australia , 2001 2001 single work novel horror young adult fantasy y
y separately published work icon Creeping in Reptile Flesh Robert Hood , Blackwood : Altair Publishing , 2008 2008 selected work novella short story horror science fiction y
y separately published work icon Autopsy Robert Hood , single work short story horror
— Appears in: Bloodsongs , January no. 1 1994 1994 (p. 6-15)
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y separately published work icon Loco-Zombies Bill Condon , Robert Hood , Rydalmere : Hodder Headline , 1996 1996 single work children's fiction children's horror y
y separately published work icon Freak Out! Bill Condon , Robert Hood , Rydalmere : Hodder Headline , 1996 1996 single work children's fiction children's horror y
An Arresting Collection of Crime Mysteries Katharine England , single work criticism
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 January 1989 1989 (p. 11)
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y separately published work icon Haunted Flesh : Stories of the Living Dead Robert Hood , Australia : IFWG Publishing Inc , 2015 2015 selected work short story horror y
y separately published work icon Fragments of a Broken Land : Vararl Undead : A Fantasy Novel Robert Hood , United Kingdom (UK) : Borgo Press , 2013 2013 single work novel fantasy y
y separately published work icon Ghoul Man Robert Hood , Bill Condon , Rydalmere : Hodder Headline , 1996 1996 single work children's fiction children's horror y
y separately published work icon Backstreets Robert Hood , Sydney : Hodder Children's Books , 1999 1999 single work novel young adult y
A Head Full of Sick Stuff Robert Hood , single work autobiography
— Appears in: Robert Hood Wollongong : Robert Hood , 2000- 2000-
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form y separately published work icon Summer of Secrets Secret of Paradise John Aitken , ( dir. Jim Sharman ) ,agent Australia : Greater Union ; Secret Picture Productions , 1976 1976 single work film/TV horror y
form y separately published work icon Sher Mountain Killings Mystery The Cursed Mountain Mystery Denis Whitburn , ( dir. Vince Martin ) ,agent Australia : InterTropic Films , 1990 1990 single work film/TV horror fantasy y
form y separately published work icon The Sabbat of the Black Cat Ralph Lawrence Marsden , ( dir. Ralph Lawrence Marsden ) ,agent Australia : Ralph Lawrence Marsden , 1973 1973 single work film/TV horror fantasy y
form y separately published work icon Beyond the Rim Craig Godfrey , ( dir. Craig Godfrey ) ,agent Tasmania : Pocket Money Productions , 1992 1992 single work film/TV horror y
y separately published work icon Agog! Terrific Tales : New Australian Speculative Fiction Cat Sparks (editor), Wollongong : Agog! Press , 2003 2003 anthology short story novella fantasy horror science fiction y
Voyeur Night Robert Hood , single work short story crime
— Appears in: Crosstown Traffic Wollongong : Five Islands Press ; Mean Streets , 1993 1993 (p. 71-90)
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Behind Dark Blue Eyes Robert Hood , single work short story horror
— Appears in: Exotic Gothic 3 : Strange Visitations Ashcroft : Ash Tree Press , 2009 2009
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y separately published work icon Gadgets and Gizmos Paul Collins (editor), Meredith Costain (editor), South Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1999 1999 selected work children's fiction children's science fiction y
y separately published work icon Daikaiju! 2 : Revenge of the Giant Monsters Robert Hood (editor), Robin Pen (editor), Wollongong : Agog! Press , 2007 2007 anthology short story science fiction fantasy horror horror fantasy y
form y separately published work icon Homesdale Peter Weir , ( dir. Peter Weir ) ,agent Sydney : Sydney Filmmakers Co-op , 1971 1971 single work film/TV humour horror y
Interview Kyla Ward (interviewer), single work interview
— Appears in: Immaterial : Ghost Stories Parramatta : MirrorDanse Books , 2002 2002 (p. 184-190)
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y separately published work icon Bloodsongs Blood Songs Steve Proposch (editor), Chris A. Masters (editor), Steve Proposch (editor), Cynthia Ariel Conlin (editor), Melbourne : Bambada Press , 1994-1996 1994 periodical (11 issues) y
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