About Scott Mackay
Born 1957. Scott Mackay is a Canadian writer and science fiction writer.
Scott Mackay is a Canadian mystery and science fiction author from Toronto, Ontario, where he still lives with his wife and two children. He is the author of eleven novels and over forty short stories. His short story "Last Inning" won the 1999 Arthur Ellis Award for best short mystery fiction. Another story, Reasons Unknown, won the Okanagan Award for Best Literary Short Fiction in early 1999. His first Barry Gilbert mystery, Cold Comfort, was nominated for the Arthur Ellis Award for best mystery novel, and his science fiction novel, The Meek, was a finalist for the prestigious U.S. John Campbell Memorial Award of 2001. His novels have been published in six languages.
Awards Okanagan Award for Best Literary Short Fiction in 1999 for Reasons Unknown Arthur Ellis Award in 1999 for "Last Inning"
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Canadian writer
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Scott Mackay was born in 1957.
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Scott Mackay is a writer and science fiction writer.
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