Eugen Bacon

Eugen Bacon ( Matoyo) is an African-Australian computer scientist and author of speculative fiction.

For her writing career, Bacon has won the British Fantasy Award, British Science Fiction Award, Ignyte Award, Locus Award, and SFWA Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award. She has been a finalist for other literary awards including the Aurealis Award, Ditmar Award, Nommo Award, Otherwise Award, Philip K. Dick Award, Shirley Jackson Award, Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, and World Fantasy Award.

Early life and education

Eugen Bacon was born Eugen Matoyo. She was born near Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. As a toddler, she moved with her family to Nairobi, Kenya. Her family later returned to Tanzania, while Bacon remained in boarding school there. She later lived in the UK before moving to Melbourne, Australia.

She studied Information Technology at Strathmore University in Kenya. She holds a Master of Science in distributed computer systems from the University of Greenwich. She worked in various IT roles. She later completed a Master of Arts in writing and a PhD in writing. In 2021, she stated that she worked as a corporate communications manager in addition to writing and editing.

She speaks English and Swahili.

Writing career She has published short fiction and novels in various genres within the literary speculative fiction field, including black speculative fiction and afrofuturism. She also writes nonfiction including essays, scholarly articles, book chapters and books.

In 2021, Bacon was a writer-in-residence at the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writer's Centre. She was the recipient of a 2024 Otherwise Fellowship. She served as the chair of the jury for the 2025 Otherwise Awards.

Bibliography

Novels and novellas

Short fiction

Collections

Stories

Anthologies (edited)

Poetry

Non-fiction Books

Articles and essays

Awards and honors

+ Year Work Award Category Result Reference 2019 Australian Shadows Awards Non-Fiction and Criticism 2020 Claiming T-Mo Ditmar Award Novel Nommo Award Novel Nommo Award Short Story Nommo Award Short Story Hadithi & the State of Black Speculative Fiction Australian Shadows Awards Edited Works Ivory's Story BSFA Award Short Fiction Nommo Award Short Story Writing Speculative Fiction Ditmar Award Criticism or Review 2021 Claiming T-Mo Nommo Award Novel Danged Black Thing Aurealis Award Collection Australian Shadows Awards Collected Works Otherwise Award — BSFA Award Short Fiction Ivory's Story Nommo Award Novella Nommo Award Short Story Nommo Award Short Story Nommo Award Short Story Nommo Award Short Story 2022 BSFA Award Best Long Non-fiction World Fantasy Award Short Fiction Mage of Fools BSFA Award Novel 2023 Broken Paradise BSFA Award Shorter Fiction Shirley Jackson Award Novella World Fantasy Award Short Fiction BSFA Award Short Non-fiction British Fantasy Award Non-Fiction Locus Award Non-fiction Languages of Water BSFA Award Collection BSFA Award Short Fiction BSFA Award Short Fiction Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2022 BSFA Award Collection 2024 Afro-Centered Futurisms in Our Speculative Fiction BSFA Award Long Non-fiction BSFA Award Short Non-fiction Broken Paradise Nommo Award Novella Danged Black Thing Philip K. Dick Award — BSFA Award Short Fiction BSFA Award Short Fiction BSFA Award Collection Shirley Jackson Award Single-Author Collection Serengotti Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Fiction BSFA Award Short Non-fiction 2025 Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award — Afro-Centered Futurisms in Our Speculative Fiction Ignyte Award Creative Nonfiction Locus Award Locus Award for Best Non-fiction "AI Chronicles: Properties of a Human Curse" BSFA Award Short Fiction Fission #5 Aurealis Award Anthology BSFA Award Short Fiction Aurealis Award Young Adult Short Story Aurealis Award Horror Novella Novic BSFA Award Shorter Fiction BSFA Award Short Fiction BSFA Award Short Non-fiction 2026 British Fantasy Award Novella

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