Eugen Bacon

Eugen M. Bacon, MA, MSc, PhD, is an African Australian author of several novels and collections. She’s a Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award winner, Otherwise Fellow, Locus, Ignyte, British Fantasy, Foreword Indies Award and British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Award winner. She’s also a twice World Fantasy Award and Shirley Jackson finalist, and a finalist in other awards, including the Philip K. Dick, British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) and Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, and the Nommo Awards for speculative fiction by Africans. Eugen was announced in the honor list of the Otherwise Fellowships for ‘doing exciting work in gender and speculative fiction’. Danged Black Thing by Transit Lounge Publishing made the Otherwise Award Honor List as a ‘sharp collection of Afro-Surrealist work’. Eugen’s creative work has appeared worldwide, including in Apex Magazine, Award Winning Australian Writing, Fantasy, Fantasy & Science Fiction, and Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction. She is a professional editor registered with the Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd), and has been a judge in various competitions including the Otherwise Awards, Bram Stoker Awards, Aurealis Awards, Western Australian Premier’s Literary Awards, Norma K Hemming Awards and Australian Shadows Awards. Eugen also runs creative writing courses through writers’ organisations, including Writers Victoria and Writing NSW.