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Paul Brandon Paul Brandon i(A70423 works by)
Born: Established: Kent,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1994
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BiographyHistory

A full-time writer since the late 1990s, Brandon previously worked as a commercial copywriter and in the film and television industries.

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y separately published work icon Swim the Moon New York (City) : Tor , 2001 Z985858 2001 single work novel fantasy 'A haunting tale of love, music, and magic on the stormy coast of Scotland. After the loss of his wife, Scottish fiddle player Richard Brennan moves to Australia to escape the ghosts of his former life. Six years later, he returns for his father's funeral and decides to remain in his father's desolate cottage in the north of Scotland, gathering together the threads of his former life, scratching out a living playing music. Then Richard meets Ailish, the enigmatic young woman [whose] ethereal singing haunts the bay by moonlight. As their relationship builds, the secrets of his family's past are brought to light, one by one, leaving them to confront a history that is both terrifying and fantastic—a legacy that may well cost Richard his soul’. Source: publisher's website (http://us.macmillan.com/swimthemoon).
2002 shortlisted William L. Crawford Award
The Marsh Runners 1998 single work short story crime horror
— Appears in: Dreaming Down-Under 1998; (p. 196-210) Dreaming Down-Under : Book One 1999; (p. 264-287)
1999 shortlisted Ditmar Awards Best Short Story
1998 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction Horror Division Best Horror Short Story
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