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Claire Fitzpatrick (born 1991) is an Australian speculative non-fiction writer. She is the recipient of two Australasian Shadows Awards, a Ditmar Award, is a Bram Stoker Award finalist, and has been nominated for three Aurealis Awards. She is most noted for her non-fiction contributions to Aurealis, Australia's oldest-running science fiction magazine, and her extensive literary non-fiction related to the novel Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.^[1]

Biography

Feminist themes

Fitzpatrick is a feminist and mental health advocate. During a panel at a convention in 2024, she was involved in a debate regarding the role of men in Gothic fiction. She was critical of Fourth-Wave Feminism and its negative attitudes towards men's mental health. Her husband, a visual artist, passed away from suicide in 2024.Her fiction contains feminist themes, including pregnany, childbirth, gender, and abortion rights.Several of her non-fiction articles also discuss women's unique experiences with motherhood.She has contributed several articles regarding Mary Shelley^[2], Mary Wollstonecraft and early feminism.^[3]

Non-Fiction

Fitzpatrick writes critical literary non-fiction, essays, memoir, and articles. She has contributed articles about speculative fiction pop-culture to Aurealis magazine since 2015.

Accolades

2024 – Rocky Wood Award for Non-Fiction and Criticism. (Winner) A Vindication of Monsters: Essays on Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley. (IFWG Publishing International)

2024 – William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review. (Winner) A Vindication of Monsters: Essays on Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley. (IFWG Publishing International)

2024 – William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review. (Shortlisted) The Continuing Longevity of Speculative Fiction Spinoffs’ (Aurealis 159)

2024 – Bram Stoker Award for Long Non-Fiction (Shortlisted) A Vindication of Monsters: Essays on Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley. (IFWG Publishing International)

2022 – William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review. (Shortlisted) How Mary Shelley Continues To Influence Science Fiction,’ published in Aurealis #145

2020 – Rocky Wood Memorial Scholarship. (Recipient) A Vindication of Monsters: Essays on Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley.(IFWG Publishing International)

2017 – Rocky Wood Award for Non-Fiction and Criticism. (Winner) The Body Horror Book. (Self-published)

References

^ Fitzpatrick, Claire (ed) (October 15, 2023). A Vindication of Monsters: Essays on Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley. IFWG Publishing International. ISBN 978-1922856401. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ Fitzpatrick, Claire (12/10/21). "How Mary Shelley Continues to Influence Modern Science Fiction". {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Fitzpatrick, Claire (02/06/2023). "A VINDICATION OF MONSTERS: WOMEN, SOCIETY, HORROR, AND MOVING FORWARD". {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[1] Fitzpatrick, Claire (ed) (October 15, 2023). A Vindication of Monsters: Essays on Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley. IFWG Publishing International. ISBN 978-1922856401. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[2] Fitzpatrick, Claire (12/10/21). "How Mary Shelley Continues to Influence Modern Science Fiction". {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[3] Fitzpatrick, Claire (02/06/2023). "A VINDICATION OF MONSTERS: WOMEN, SOCIETY, HORROR, AND MOVING FORWARD". {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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