For more information about David, refer to his short, medium, or long biography’s below:

Short Bio:

David Kernot is a South Australian author who writes contemporary fantasy, science fiction, climate fiction, crime thrillers, and dark fiction/horror and has eighty short story publications in anthologies throughout Australia, the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. His work has appeared in over 30 different printed publications worldwide. David is the indie author of The Seventeenth (2026), Maralinga Winds (2026), Not Like Us (2024), Gateway Through Time (2020), Impossible Futures: The Collected Works (2020), Beam Rider (2015), The Search for Giselle (2014), Future Worlds (2014), Autumn Comes Slowly (2013), Panspermic Earth (2013), and The Early Years (2013). More information and his books can be found at https://www.davidkernot.com, or https://books2read.com/ap/xLXrLz/David-Kernot and https://www.amazon.com/David-Kernot/e/B00CJJP82K

Medium Bio:

David Kernot is an Australian science fiction, climate fiction, contemporary fantasy, crime thriller, and and dark fiction/horror writer whose publications include AlienSkin Magazine, AntipodeanSF, Aoife’s Kiss, April Moon Books (2014), Award Winning Australian Writing (2012), Black House Comics, Flashes in the Dark, Cover of Darkness Magazine, Dark Region Press, MicroHorror, Midnight Echo, Timid Pirate Publishing, The Colored Lens, The Lovecraft eZine, and The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror Anthology (2011, 2013 & 2014), With Painted Words.  His writing highlights include: his 2006 win, United Federation of Planets Fan Club of SA Story Competition for Genesis. A 2008 Honourable Mention, The Writers of the Future Competition for Dead Man Walking, and that story appeared in the After The World: Corpus Christi Issue 4 Anthology by Black House Comics. In 2011, Australian Horror Writers Association Short Story Competition, co-writing Nzambi Winds with Australian Author, David Conyers. He has nine Honourable Mentions from The Writers of the Future Competition.  He has also published eleven novel/novella/novelettes and ebook collections (The Seventeenth (2026), Maralinga Winds (2026), Not Like Us (2024), Gateway Through Time (2020), Impossible Futures: The Collected Works (2020), Beam Rider (2015), The Search for Giselle (2014), Future Worlds (2014), Autumn Comes Slowly (2013), Panspermic Earth (2013), and The Early Years (2013)).  David has judged the Australasian Horror Writers Association Shadow Awards and the Aurealis Awards, Australia’s premier awards for speculative fiction. He was an editor for Australia’s speculative fiction magazine, The Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, and he is a member of the Australian Crime Writers Association. He can usually be found behind a large Mountain Ash desk, editing several unpublished manuscripts. More information and his books can be found at https://www.davidkernot.com, or https://books2read.com/ap/xLXrLz/David-Kernot and https://www.amazon.com/David-Kernot/e/B00CJJP82K

Long Bio:

David Kernot is an Australian science fiction, climate fiction, contemporary fantasy, crime thrillers, and dark fiction/horror writer whose publications include AlienSkin Magazine, AntipodeanSF, Aoife’s Kiss, April Moon Books, Award Winning Australian Writing, Black House Comics, Flashes in the Dark, Cover of Darkness Magazine, Dark Region Press, MicroHorror, Midnight Echo, Timid Pirate Publishing, The Lovecraft eZine, The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror Anthology (2011, 2013 & 2014), and With Painted Words. His writing highlights include: his 2006 first award from the United Federation of Planets Fan Club of SA Story Competition for Genesis. His first 2008 Honourable Mention from Writers of the Future for Dead Man Walking, and that story appeared in the After The World: Corpus Christi Issue 4 Anthology by Black House Comics. In 2011, Australian Horror Writers Association Short Story Competition, co-writing Nzambi Winds with Australian Author, David Conyers. He has also has nine Honourable Mentions from Writers of the Future, in Jan 2013 (The Sycamore Tree published by The Colored Lens 2014), in May 2014 (The Search for Giselle), in August 2014 (The Poseidon Stones published by The Colored Lens January 2015), and others in 2015, 2016 and 2021.

During October 2008 – August 2014 was a member of the leading Australian print publication, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine (ASIM) Co-operative, from issue 38, editor of Issues #43, #52, contributing editor for Issues #50, contributing editor for their ten year special Issue #56, and Issue #59 (2014). He received a HUGO nomination in 2015 for his work on ASIM Issue 59.  He also co-edited Midnight Echo #6 with Jason Fischer and David Conyers (2011), and the Extreme Planets Anthology with David Conyers and Jeff Harris (2012).

He has also published eleven of his own novelettes, novellas, and collections as eBooks, and print versions that are available on Amazon (see https://www.amazon.com/David-Kernot/e/B00CJJP82K), Smashwords, Draft2Digital and Books2Read (see https://www.davidkernot.com, or https://books2read.com/ap/xLXrLz/David-Kernot ).

They are:

The Early Years (2013): a collection of 13 science fiction stories

Panspermic Earth (2013): a collection of 7 interconnected science fiction stories

Autumn Comes Slowly (2013): a collection of 7 dark fiction short stories (including his only poem).

Future Worlds (2014): a collection of 7 science fiction short stories.

The Search for Giselle (2015): a short military science fantasy.

Beam Rider (2015), a short science fiction story.

Impossible Futures: The Collected Works (2020) which is a omnibus collection from new stories added to earlier works.

Gateway Through Time (2020) : military science fiction/fantasy novel

Not Like Us (2024): science fiction/climate fiction novel

Maralinga Winds (2026): cozy fantasy / magic realism novel.

The Seventeenth (2026): Thriller / Paranormal romantic suspense crime novel.

David gathers ideas from the  23 countries he has visited across 4 continents. He  also has a Master of Philosophy from the University of New South Wales (2014) and a Doctorate of Philosophy from The Australian National University (2018). During this period he took a break from writing. He lives completely off grid and where his views on permaculture, and panspermia and the nature of the universe show up as regular themes in his writing.