Maura McHugh és una autora irlandesa de terror i fantasia en prosa, còmics, obres de teatre i guions.
Biografia Nascuda als Estats Units, McHugh es va traslladar a Irlanda quan era nena. Va estudiar a la Universitat Nacional d'Irlanda a Galway on es va graduar amb un B.A. en anglès i història, i després un M.A. en anglès. Després de viure un temps a l'estranger, McHugh va tornar a Irlanda i a l'educació on va obtenir un diploma en Estudis de cinema a la NUIG, un curs fundacional de realització de cinema al Galway Film Centre i, finalment, un segon màster en guió a la Huston School of Film and Digital Media.Exclusive ..., CBR.com, Retrieved 5 September 2016
Establerta a Galway, McHugh és l'autora de Róisín Dubh i Jennifer Wilde. També és editora del butlletí quinzenal Writers Guild of Ireland, així com del lloc web i el bloc del gremi.
McHugh ha estat jurat habitual del Galway Junior Film Fleadh, dels British Comic Awards i dels Golden Blasters d'Octocon, a més d'haver estat jutge dels Shirley Jackson Awards. També va ser comissariada de "The Image" durant el festival Hay a Kells. Va ser convidada d'honor a l'Octocon 2015 (la Convenció Nacional de Ciència Ficció Irlandesa).
El 2018, va ser convidada a participar en una iniciativa del projecte Creative Europe, una residència de 10 dies a Angoulême a França. Des del 2018, ha treballat en diverses històries de Judge Anderson stories for Rebellion , inclosa una novel·la publicada el 2020.
Premis Guanyador Receptor de la beca Gordon R. Dickson per al Clarion West Writers Workshop, 2006. Millor escriptor irlandès (còmics) als Premis Arcade, 2014. Premi ICN 2015 al "Millor escriptor irlandès publicat fora d'Irlanda", 2015.
Nominacions El premi Arcade a la categoria de "Millor escriptor irlandès", 2015 The Geekies 2015, els Geek Ireland Awards, a la categoria de Millor escriptor irlandès, 2015 Premi Geek Feminista als Premis Women Write About Comics Awesome, 2014 British Fantasy Award al millor còmic/novel·la gràfica per a Jennifer Wilde (Atomic Diner Comics), juntament amb Stephen Downey i Karen Mahoney, 2014 Dos premis ICN, 2014 Millor autor irlandès de Geek Ireland del 2014 (còmics), 2014 Premi Eagle al 'Llibre de còmics europeus favorit' per a Jennifer Wilde, 2012 Premi ICN al "Millor escriptor irlandès publicat fora d'Irlanda", 2013 El premi Arcade a la categoria de "Millor escriptor irlandès", 2013
Bibliografia Col·leccions Twisted Fairy Tales, Barron's Educational Series: 1 February 2013. Il·lustracions de Jane Laurie. Twisted Myths , Barron's Educational Series: 1 October 2013. Il·lustracions de Jane Laurie. The Boughs Withered (When I Told Them My Dreams),NewCon Press, August 2019.
Llibres de còmics Lola Vita – Origins, Drawn by Ron Salas, 2016. Witchfinder: The Mysteries of Unland, story & script by Kim Newman & Maura McHugh; art by Tyler Crook for Dark Horse Comics, 2014-2015. Jennifer Wilde: Tulpa, story & script by Maura McHugh; art by Leeann Hamilton for Atomic Diner Comics. Short Story, 2014. Róisín Dubh, story & script by Maura McHugh; art by Stephen Byrne and Stephen Daly, for Atomic Diner Comics, 2011 – 2014. Jennifer Wilde: Unlikely Revolutionaries, story & script by Maura McHugh; art by Stephen Downey for Atomic Diner Comics, 2011 – 2013 . The Nail, Womanthology comic book anthology, with art by Star St. Germain, edited by Suzannah Rowntree, and published by IDW Publishing,2012 Colours, Outside An Anthology of new horror fiction, with art by John Riordan, published by Topics Press and Ash Pure, 2017
Anderson: Psi Division: "SPA Day" (with art by Emma Vieceli, in 2000 AD Summer Sci-Fi Special, June 2018) "The Dead Run" (with art by Patrick Goddard, in Judge Dredd Megazine #410-414, July - November 2019) "No Country for Old PSIs" (with art by Steven Austin, in Judge Dredd Megazine #424, September 2020) "All Will Be Judged" (with art by Anna Morozova, in 2000 AD Summer Sci-Fi Special, July 2021) "Be PSI-ing You" (with art by Lee Carter, in 2000 AD #2250, September 2021) "Dissolution (with art by Lee Carter, in Judge Dredd Megazine #445-447, June - August 2022)
Judge Dredd: "Apotheosis" (with Michael Carroll, with art by James Newell, in 2000 AD Summer Sci-Fi Special, July 2021)
"King for a Day" (with art by Andreas Butzbach, in Smash! 2020 Special, published by Rebellion, May 2020) "The Thief of Senses" (with art by Robin Henley, in Misty & Scream! 2020 Special, published by Rebellion, October 2020) "Teddy Scar" (with art by Steve May, in Monster Fun, published by Rebellion, October 2021)
No ficció A Midnight Movie Monograph, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, published by Electric DreamHouse Press, 2017 Under the Influence: Kneale’s Dramatic Legacy, We Are The Martians: The Legacy of Nigel Kneale anthology, published by PS Publishing, 2017
Novel·les Judges: Psyche, Abaddon Books, 2020.
Històries curtes Who Hears Our Cries in Forgotten Tongues?, Flash Me Magazine, 2004 In the Woods, Cabinet des Fées, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2006 Bone Mother, Fantasy anthology, eds. Sean Wallace & Paul Tremblay, 2007 Tattoo Destiny, a poem, Jabberwocky 3, ed. Sean Wallace, 2007 Home, Shroud Magazine, Issues 2, 2008 Homunculus, Aoife's Kiss, September 2008 Grave Taster, a poem, in Doorways Magazine #8. It placed second in the magazine's annual poetry competition, 2009 One pico story on Outshine, 2009 Exchange, a poem, Goblin Fruit, Spring 2009. Vic, Black Static, issue 10. 2009 and the Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2010, edited by Paula Guran (Prime Books), 2010 Beautiful Calamity, Paradox Magazine, issue #13, 2009 The Diet, Arkham Tales, 2009 The Garden of Death, a top ten finalist in Fantasy Magazine's Micro-Fiction Contest, 2009 The Tamga, Shroud Magazine, issue 6, 2009 Empty Mind Came Back With the Pearl, M-Brane SF, issue 9, 2009 The Secret Names of Buildings, M-Brane SF, issue 12, 2009*‘The Solace of Dark Places, a poem, Goblin Fruit, Spring 2010. ‘Involuntary Muscle, Theaker’s Quarterly Fiction, issue 35, 2011 Water, Black Static, issue 21, 2011 Mustn’t Grumble, Voices from the Past, 2011*The Hanging Tree, Black Static issue #38, 2014 Valerie in the anthology La Femme, edited by Ian Whates from NewCon Press and in Obsidian, 2014 Family in the anthology Cassilda’s Song, edited by Joe S. Pulver from Chaosium Inc, 2015 A Decade of Horror Stories by Women, edited by Ian Whates from NewCon Press, 2016 Zel and Grets in the anthology The Grimm Future, edited by Erin Underwood from NESFA Press. Moments on the Cliff Crannóg. Listen Women in Horror Month Anthology, Acid Cane Comics. The Light at the Centre, Uncertainties Volume 1, edited by Brian J. Showers for Swan River Press The Fruit of the Tree, Ten Tall Tales, edited by Ian Whates for NewCon Press. Spooky Girl, Respectable Horror, edited by Kate Laity for Fox Spirit Books. A Rebellious House, The Madness of Dr. Caligari, edited by Joe S. Pulver for Fedogan and Bremer.
Obra de teatre, pel·lícules i podcasts 29 October – 3 November 2012 ‘The Night-Born Sisters, performed in the Leicester Square Theatre, London. 6 May 2016 The Love of Small Appliances, directed by Justine Nakase. Bone Mother, Pseudopod, 2009 The Tamga, Pseudopod, 2010 Vic Dark fiction Magazine, 2011 Hotel Training, directed by Conor McMahon, premiered as part of the Hotel Darklight anthology film, 2009 Bone Mother is being adapted as a short stop-motion animated film by Sylvie Trouvé and Dale Hayward. Produced for the National Film Board of Canada by Jelena Popovic, 2016
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