Leigh Blackmore
Leigh Blackmore | |
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Leigh Blackmore in 2007 | |
| Born | Leigh David Blackmore 1959 (age 66–67) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Alma mater | University of Wollongong |
| Occupations | editor/proofreader, writer, manuscript assessor, critic, occultist, musician |
| Known for | "Uncharted," "Exalted Are the Forces of Darkness", Spores from Sharnoth and Other Madnesses |
| Parent(s) | Rod Blackmore; Elizabeth Anne James |
| Website | http://members.optusnet.com.au/lvxnox/ |
Leigh (David) Blackmore (born 1959) is an Australian horror writer, critic, editor, occultist, musician and proponent of post-left anarchy. He was the Australian representative for the Horror Writers of America (1994–95) and served as the second President of the Australian Horror Writers Association (2010–2011). His work has been nominated six times for the Ditmar Award, twice for fiction (including Best Collected Work) and four times for the William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism. He has been a Finalist in both the Poetry and Criticism categories of the Australian Shadows Awards. He has contributed entries to such encyclopedias as S. T. Joshi and Stefan J. Dziemianowicz (eds) Supernatural Literature of the World (Greenwood Press, 2005, 3 vols) and June Pulliam and Tony Fonseca (eds), Ghosts in Popular Culture and Legend (ABC-Clio, 2016).
According to The Melbourne University Press Encyclopedia of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, "His name is now synonymous with Australian horror," and a Hodder & Stoughton press release stated that, "Leigh Blackmore is to horror what Glenn A. Baker is to rock and roll." He has also been recognised as "one of the leading weird poets of our era", and has been nominated for the Science Fiction Poetry Association's Rhysling Award. His fiction has appeared in Australia, the US, the UK, France, Denmark and Sweden. Translations of his poetry have appeared in French, Italian and Spanish.