Jo Anderton is a writer of fantasy, horror, and other types of speculative fiction. ^[1] She has been a finalist for and won multiple awards for her work.

Anderton is a marketing co-ordinator for an Australian book distributor, but spends her nights and weekends writing dark fantasy, science fiction, and horror. ^[2]

In 2011, Anderton published her first book in the Veiled Worlds trilogy, Debris. ^{[3] [4]} Her second book in the trilogy, Suited, appeared in 2012. ^[5] The third book, Guardian, was published by FableCroft Publishing in 2014.

In 2013, Anderton published her first short story collection, entitled Bone Chime Song and other stories ( FableCroft Publishing), which won both the Aurealis Award and the Australian Shadows Award for Best Collection, as well as being shortlisted for the Ditmar Award Best Collected Work. ^[6]

Awards and shortlistings

• "Mah Song" from The Bone Chime Song and other stories ( FableCroft Publishing), Best Short Fiction, 2013 Ditmar Awards shortlist.
• "Mah Song" from The Bone Chime Song and other stories ( FableCroft Publishing), Best Young Adult Short Story, 2013 Aurealis Awards shortlist.
• "Mah Song" from The Bone Chime Song and other stories ( FableCroft Publishing), Best Science Fiction Short Story, 2013 Aurealis Awards shortlist.
• "The Last Tiger" from Daily Science Fiction, Best Science Fiction Short Story, 2013 Aurealis Awards shortlist.
• "Fencelines" from The Bone Chime Song and other stories ( FableCroft Publishing), Best Horror Short Story, 2013 Aurealis Awards shortlist.
• "Fencelines" from The Bone Chime Song and other stories ( FableCroft Publishing), Short Fiction, 2012 Australian Shadows Awards shortlist.
• The Bone Chime Song and other stories ( FableCroft Publishing), Best Collected Work, 2013 Ditmar Awards shortlist.
• The Bone Chime Song and other stories ( FableCroft Publishing), Best Collection, 2013 Australian Shadows Awards WINNER.
• The Bone Chime Song and other stories ( FableCroft Publishing, Best Collection, 2013 Aurealis Awards WINNER.
• Suited ( Angry Robot), Best Novel, 2012 Ditmar Awards shortlist.
• Suited ( Angry Robot), Best Science Fiction Novel, 2012 Aurealis Awards shortlist.
• "The Bone Chime Song" from Light Touch Paper Stand Clear ( Peggy Bright Books), Best Short Fiction 2012 Ditmar Awards shortlist.
• "Sanaa's Army" from Bloodstones ( Ticonderoga Publications), Best Short Fiction, 2012 Ditmar Awards shortlist.
• "Sanaa's Army" from Bloodstones ( Ticonderoga Publications), Best Science Fiction Short Story, 2012 Aurealis Awards shortlist.
• "Sanaa's Army" from Bloodstones ( Ticonderoga Publications), Best Horror Short Story, 2012 Aurealis Awards shortlist.
• "Flowers in the Shadow of the Garden" from Hope (2011), ( Kayelle Press), 2012 WSFA Small Press Award shortlist.
• "Flowers in the Shadow of the Garden" from Hope ( Kayelle Press), 2011 Best Science Fiction Short Story, 2011 Aurealis Awards shortlist.
• "Dragon Bones" from Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, No. 39, Best Young Adult Short Story, 2009 Aurealis Awards shortlist.
• Debris ( Angry Robot), Best Fantasy Novel, 2012 Aurealis Awards shortlist.
• "The Sea at Night" from Dead Red Heart ( Ticonderoga Publications), Short Fiction, 2011 Australian Shadows Awards shortlist.
• "Out Hunting for Teeth" from Midnight Echo No. 6, Short Fiction, 2011 Australian Shadows Awards shortlist.
• Jo Anderton, Best New Talent Ditmar Awards WINNER.

Bibliography

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (December 2016)

Fiction

Novels

Veiled Worlds series

1. Anderton, Jo (2011). Debris. Oxford: Angry Robot.
2. Suited, (2012), Angry Robot Books.
3. Guardian, (2014), FableCroft Publishing.

Collected stories

• The Bone Chime Song and other stories, (2013), FableCroft Publishing.

Short fiction

• "The Feast", published in Shadowed Realms, 2005.
• "Bond", published by Deep Magic, 2006.
• "Swinging the World". Won the Lightning Flash Fiction competition at Flash Me magazine, October 2006.
• "Threefold", published at Bewildering Stories, 2007.
• "Darkened", published in Staffs & Starships Magazine, 2007.
• "Mirror Dirt", published in Flashspec, vol. 2, 2007.
• "Thread Embrace", published at The Harrow, 2007.
• "Flightless", published at Arcane Twilight, 2007.
• "Whale Fall", published at Daikaijuzine, 2007.
• "When the Mountain Weeps", published in Touched by Wonder by Meadowhawk Press, 2007.
• "Trail of Dead", published in Zombies by Altair Australia, 2007.
• "Demons and Gin", published in Niteblade, 2007.
• "Dogs", published in Aurealis, 2007.
• "Wordwitch", the issue feature story at A Fly in Amber, July 2008.
• "Cold Beneath the Bougainvillea", published in the Black Box, 2008.
• "Death Masque", published in CSFG anthology, Masques, March 2009.
• "Trail of Dead", reprinted in Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror vol. 3 by Brimstone Press, 2009.
• "Dragon Bones", published in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, no. 39, June 2009. Shortlisted for the Aurealis Award for Best Young Adult Short Story.
• "Shadow of Drought", published in Midnight Echo 2, June 2009.
• "Albatross Ghosts", published in Kaleidotrope No. 7, October 2009.
• "Little Ghost Boy", published in Midnight Echo 3, November 2009.
• "A Little Courage", autobiographical story published in Out of the Frying Pan: Bittersweet Tales of Stumbling into Adulthood by Finch Publishing, March 2010.
• "Graffiti", a Young Adult story published in Worlds Next Door by FableCroft Publishing, August 2010.
• "Breathtaker", published in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine issue No. 44, August 2010.
• "The Sea at Night", published in Dead Red Heart by Ticonderoga Publications, April 2011. Received an honourable mention in the 2011 Australian Shadows Award for best short story.
• "From the Dry Heart to the Sea", published in After the Rain by FableCroft Publishing, April 2011.
• "Flowers in the Shadow of the Garden", published in the Hope Anthology from Kayelle Press, October 2011. Finalist for the Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Short Story.
• "Out Hunting for Teeth", published in Midnight Echo 6, November 2011. It received an honourable mention in the 2011 Australian Shadows Awards for best short story.
• "High Density", published in ASIM, February 2012.
• "Tied to the Waste", published in Tales of the Talisman, March 2012.
• "A Memory Trapped in Light", published in Epilogue from Fablecroft Publishing, June 2012.
• "The Bone Chime Song", published in Light Touch Paper Stand Clear from Peggy Bright Books, June 2012.
• "Luminaire" published in From Stage Door Shadows, eMergent Publishing, September 2012.
• "Sanaa's Army" in Bloodstones, October 2012
• "Always a Price" in Midnight Echo No. 8, 2012.
• "Dredging" in 100 Lightnings
• "Mah Song" in The Bone Chime Song and other stories from FableCroft Publishing, 2013.
• "Fencelines" in The Bone Chime Song and other stories from FableCroft Publishing, 2013.
• "Sand and Seawater" (with Rabia Gale) in One Small Step, an anthology of discoveries from FableCroft Publishing, 2013.
• "The Last Tiger" at Daily Science Fiction, 2013.

Non-fiction

• "Story behind "The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories"" (2013), from "Story Behind the Book : Volume 1" ^[7]

References

External links

• The story behind The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories
• Suited review
• The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories review
• The story behind Guardian – Online Essay by Jo Anderton at Upcoming4.me
• FableCroft Publishing^{[ permanent dead link]}
• Aurealis Awards
• Ditmar Awards