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Una McCormack

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Una McCormack

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1972-01-13 （St Helens, Merseyside, England）
Nationality
British, Irish
Languages
English
Residence History
Cambridge

Career

Occupations
Academic, Novelist, Playwright, Scriptwriter
Active Years
1993-2024
Affiliations
Anglia Ruskin University, Co-director of Anglia Ruskin University Centre for Science Fiction and Fantasy

Education

Newnham College, Cambridge
History and Social and Political Science
Degree: BA
Year of Graduation: 1994
Country: United Kingdom
University of Reading
Psychology
Degree: MSc
Year of Graduation: 1996
Country: United Kingdom
University of Surrey
Sociology
Degree: PhD
Year of Graduation: 2000
Country: United Kingdom

Awards

Scribe Award
2025
Work: Asylum
Category: Best Original Speculative novel
Organization: Military Writers Society of America
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Asylum

2024 Science Fiction

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds novel that won the Scribe Award.

ExplorationPoliticsHumanity

The Never-Ending Sacrifice

2009 Science Fiction

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel exploring Cardassian history.

SacrificeImperialism

The King's Dragon

2010 Science Fiction

Doctor Who novel in the New Series Adventures range.

AdventureHistory

The Baba Yaga

2015 Science Fiction

Book in the Weird Space series.

MythologySpace

Bibliography

  • A Time and a Place
  • Face Value
  • Cardassia: The Lotus Flower
  • Hollow Men
  • The Never-Ending Sacrifice
  • Brinkmanship
  • The Fall: The Crimson Shadow
  • The Missing
  • Enigma Tales
  • The Way to the Stars
  • Wonderlands
  • The Last Best Hope
  • Kathryn Janeway Autobiography
  • Mr Spock Autobiography
  • Asylum
  • The King's Dragon
  • The Way Through the Woods
  • Royal Blood
  • Molten Heart
  • All Flesh is Grass
  • Carnival
  • Coup de Grâce
  • The Undefeated
  • The Baba Yaga
  • The Star of the Sea

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Detailed character developmentPolitical depthComplex narratives
Recurring Motifs
Aftermath of warCultural clashesPersonal sacrifice

Legacy

Internationally known for Star Trek and Doctor Who tie-in novels, Scribe Award winner, and lecturer in creative writing.

Trivia

  • Youngest of six children.
  • Parents were primary school teachers.
  • Transitioned from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fan fiction to professional writing.