Sean Williams (author)

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Sean Williams
Sean williams 2012.jpg
Williams at the 2012 Texas Book Festival
Born (1967-05-23) 23 May 1967 (age 56)
Whyalla, Australia
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAustralian
GenreScience fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Crime
Website
www.seanwilliams.com

Sean Llewellyn Williams (born 23 May 1967) is an Australian author of science fiction who lives in Adelaide, South Australia. Several of his books have been New York Times best-sellers.

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Early life and education

Williams was born in Whyalla, South Australia on 23 May 1967. [1]

He studied sciences and music at Pulteney Grammar School and matriculated third in his year (1984), topping the state for Musical composition. That same year, he won the Young Composer's Award for a theme and three variations for string quartet with flute, oboe and trumpet soloists called "Release of Anger". [2]

He then went to the Adelaide University and studied a Bachelor of Economics and wrote for the student newspaper On Dit . He completed a Master of Arts in Creative Writing at the Adelaide University in 2005 and was in 2010 a PhD candidate at the same institution. [2]

Writing career

He is the author of over eighty published short stories and thirty-nine novels, including Twinmaker and (with Garth Nix) the Troubletwisters series. He has co-written three books in the Star Wars: New Jedi Order series. His novelisation of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was the first novelisation of a computer game to debut at #1 on the "New York Times" bestseller list.[ citation needed ]

Other roles

Williams was Chair of the SA Writers' Centre from 2001 to 2003, and is one of only three lifetime members of that institution. Williams has also tutored for the Clarion South Workshop, was a previous winner of the Writers of the Future contest, and is now[ when? ] a judge for the same.[ citation needed ]

Awards

Williams is a multiple recipient of both the Ditmar and Aurealis Awards.[ citation needed ]

Novels

Evergence (with Shane Dix)

The Books of the Change

Orphans (with Shane Dix)

Star Wars: New Jedi Order (with Shane Dix)

Star Wars

The Books of the Cataclysm

Geodesica (with Shane Dix)

The Broken Land

Astropolis

  • Cenotaxis (2007) - book 1.5, novella

The Fixers

Troubletwisters series (with Garth Nix)

Twinmaker Series

Others

Collections

Notable short stories

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References

  1. "Austlit — Sean Williams". Austlit. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  2. 1 2 Strahan, Jonathan, ed. (2010), Godlike Machines, Garden City, New York: Science Fiction Book Club, p. 265, ISBN   978-1-61664-759-9
  3. "Sean Williams to Write "The Old Republic" Novel". Archived from the original on 11 October 2010.
  4. "What is EVERGENCE? (DOC)". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
  5. "NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2021 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.