Sean Williams (author)

Sean Williams (author)
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Sean Williams

Born	23 May, 1967 Whyalla, Australia
Genres	Fantasy

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Sean Llewellyn Williams (born 23rd May 1967) is a New York Times best selling science fiction author who lives in Adelaide, Australia. He was born in Whyalla, Australia. He is the author of almost seventy published short stories and twenty-seven novels, including the Books of the Catalcysm and (with Shane Dix) the bestselling Evergence, Orphans and Geodesica series He has co-written three books in the Star Wars: New Jedi Order series and is a multiple recipient of both the Ditmar and Aurealis Awards. 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 Best Seller list.

Sean Williams is a diverse and prolific author, simultaneously covering many different facets of the genre. His major works explore such areas as cutting-edge science fiction dealing with major post-human issues including nanotechnology, biotechnology, longevity, artificial intelligence, the origins of life, and fundamental properties of the universe. He has also written gritty "future noir" hybrids portraying the possibilities of crime prevention and detection in the twenty-first century, plus possible outcomes of present day political, social and technological developments.

He studied sciences and music at Pulteney Grammar School and matriculated thirty 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". He then went to Adelaide University and studied a Bachelor of Economics and wrote for the student newspaper On Dit. He completed a Masters in Creative Writing in 2005 and is currently a PhD candidate at the same institution.

Sean Williams is a supporter of Australians Against Racism and the SETI@home project. He is a member of SFWA, the Extropian Institute and the Australian Society of Authors, and was Chair of the SA Writers' Centre from 2001-2003. His publishers include HarperCollins Australia, Del Rey, Ace, Pyr, Swift and Ticonderoga Publications. He appears on the Celebrity Atheist List. Williams has also tutored for the Clarion South Workshop ¹.