2021 Aurealis Award Winners

The winners of the 2021 Aurealis Award have been announced. The winners in the SF, Fantasy, and Horror novel categories are:

BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

• WINNER: Waking Romeo by Kathryn Barker (Allen & Unwin)
• The 22 Murders of Madison May by Max Barry (Hachette Australia)
• Stealing Time by Rebecca Bowyer (self-published)
• Papa Lucy & The Boneman by Jason Fischer (Outland Entertainment)
• Aurora’s End by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Allen & Unwin)
• Deepwater King by Claire McKenna (HarperCollins Publishers)

BEST FANTASY NOVEL

• WINNER: Dark Rise by C S Pacat (Allen & Unwin)
• Supermums: And So It Begins by Meg Grace (self-published)
• The Rose Daughter by Maria Lewis (Piatkus / Hachette / Little Brown)
• A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske (Tor)
• She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan (Mantle)
• All the Murmuring Bones by Angela Slatter (Titan Books)

BEST HORROR NOVEL

• WINNER: Holly and the Nobodies by Ben Pienaar (HellBound Books)
• The Bridge by J S Breukelaar (Meerkat Press)
• Midnight in the Chapel of Love by Matthew R. Davis (JournalStone Publishing)
• Papa Lucy & The Boneman by Jason Fischer (Outland Entertainment)
• The Airways by Jennifer Mills (Picador Australia)

See the press release for details for the winners in all categories. Our congrats to all the winners and nominees.