TISF 005 - 'A Longing for The Dark' by Sean Williams





Author Details

Sean Williams has been described as 'the premier Australian speculative fiction writer of the age'
and 'King of Chameleons' for the diversity of his output.  Forthcoming releases include
The Grand
Conjunction
, a gothic/noir space opera set over one million years in the future, and The
Scarecrow
, a fantasy novel for kids set in his award-winning world of The Change. His novelisation
of
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was the first game tie-in ever to reach #1 on the New York
Times hardcover list while
Magic Dirt: the Best of Sean Williams was the first to receive the
Aurealis Award for Best Collection.  

When not writing, he sits on various management committees (including those of Australia's oldest
writers' centre and the national literacy initiative, The Big Book Club Inc.), teaches (for such
organisations as Clarion South), travels to conventions (Worldcon and Gencon Oz among them in
recent times), and reads for several literary awards and assessment bodies (he is a past winner of
the Writers of the Future Contest, of which he is now a judge).  He lives in Adelaide with his wife
and family, and is looking forward to taking a holiday sometime in 2012. Sean's website is at
www.seanwilliams.com
Terra Incognita
The Australian Speculative Fiction podcast
Music - Ascension from the Well by Peter John Ross