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Terry extends a warm welcome to all visitors to his homepage and web domain. Sincere thanks to Wolfgang Bylsma at Anima Creative for the page design and other invaluable assistance with the creation of this site. He would also like to extend heartfelt thanks to Jeremy G. Byrne at www.eidolon.net for hosting the previous TD homepage for many years.

Rynemonn wins Peter McNamara Convenors’ Award for Excellence

Terry’s fourth and final volume in his celebrated Tom Rynosseros saga won the 2007 Peter McNamara Convenors’ Award for Excellence at the Aurealis Award ceremony held at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts in Brisbane on Saturday 26 January 2008. “This work is the culmination of the exceptional Tom Rynosseros stories that Dowling has published over more than a decade.” (http://www.aurealisawards.com/Winners.htm)

Basic Black Wins 2007 International Horror Guild Award for Best Collection

Terry’s 2006 title from Cemetery Dance, Basic Black: Tales of Appropriate Fear, has won the International Horror Guild Award for Best Collection at the World Fantasy Convention in Saratoga Springs, New York, on 1 November 2007. Terry tied with Glen Hirshberg (American Morons) for the honour and was also nominated in the short story category for “Cheat Light” from the Basic Black collection.

Terry Completes PhD

In August 2006, Terry successfully completed his doctorate in Creative Writing at the University of Western Australia, the first degree of its kind to be conferred at that University. The creative writing component was a mystery/dark fantasy/horror novel, Clowns at Midnight, while the dissertation component: “The Interactive Landscape: New Modes of Narrative in Science Fiction” examined the computer adventure game as an important new area of storytelling. TD won a University Scholarship in 2002 to complete the degree.

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