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PUBLISHED WORKS

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Series:

 

Astropolis (2007-2009)

            Saturn Returns

            Cenotaxis (stand-alone novella)

            Earth Ascendant

            The Grand Conjunction

Broken Land (2008-2009)

            The Changeling

            The Dust Devils

            The Scarecrow

Geodesica (2005-06) (with Shane Dix)

            Ascent

            Descent

Books of the Cataclysm (2004-06)

            The Crooked Letter

            The Blood Debt

            The Hanging Mountains

            The Devoured Earth

Orphans (2002-04) (with Shane Dix)

Echoes of Earth

Orphans of Earth

Heirs of Earth

Books of the Change (2001-02)

The Stone Mage & the Sea

The Sky Warden & the Sun

The Storm Weaver & the Sand

Evergence (1999-2001) (with Shane Dix)

The Prodigal Sun

The Dying Light

The Dark Imbalance

Star Wars:

 

The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance (2010)

The Force Unleashed (2008)

New Jedi Order: Force Heretic (2003) (with Shane Dix)

Remnant

Refugee

Reunion

 Stand-alone Novels:

 

The Resurrected Man (1998)

Metal Fatigue (1996)

The Unknown Soldier (1995) (with Shane Dix)

Collections:

 

Magic Dirt (2008)

Light Bodies Falling (2007)

New Adventures in Sci-Fi (1999)

A View Before Dying (1998)

Doorway to Eternity (1994)

 

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Short Stories:

 

Over seventy short stories published in numerous languages.  For a complete bibliography, click here.

 

 

WORKS IN PROGRESS

 

The Fixers (2010)

            Castle of Zombies (July)

            Planet of Cyborgs (July)

            Last of the Vampires (August)

            Invasion of the Weird (August)

 

Troubletwisters (2011-?) (with Garth Nix)

            The Beginning

            Two Against the Evil

            Rule of Three

            The Four Corners of the World

            To the Bitter End

 

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MAJOR AWARDS

 

2008 Peter McNamara Award

2008 Aurealis: Best Collection (Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams)

2007 Ditmar: Best Novel (Saturn Returns)

2006 Aurealis: Best SF Short Story ("The Seventh Letter")

2005  Ditmar: Best Novel (Geodesica: Ascent)

2004  Aurealis: Best Fantasy Novel (The Crooked Letter)

          Ditmar: Best Novel (The Crooked Letter)

2002  Aurealis: Best Fantasy Novel (The Storm Weaver & the Sand)

          Ditmar: Best Novel (Echoes of Earth)

2001  Aurealis: Best SF Novel (Evergence: The Dark Imbalance)

          Ditmar: Best Novel (Evergence: The Dying Light)

2000  Ditmar: Best Collected Work (New Adventures in Sci-Fi)

          "SA Great" Literature Award

1999  Aurealis: Best Horror Short ("Atrax")

1998  Ditmar: Best Long Fiction (The Resurrected Man)

1996  Aurealis: Best SF Novel (Metal Fatigue)

Aurealis: Best Horror Short Story ("Passing the Bone")

1992  Writers of the Future: 3rd Prize, 1st Quarter ("Ghosts of the Fall")

 

(for a list of other awards, click here)

 

 

NOMINATIONS

Philip K Dick Award:

2007

SA Great Literature Award:

1999

McNamara Award:

2003 & 2002

Aurealis:

2009 Best YA Novel (The Scarecrow)

2009 Best SF Novel (The Grand Conjunction)

2008 Best YA Novel (The Changeling)

2008 Best Children's Long Fiction (The Changeling & The Dust Devils)

2008 Best SF Novel (Earth Ascendant)

2007 Best SF Novel (Saturn Returns)

2006 Best SF Novel (Geodesica: Descent)

2005 Best SF Novel (Geodesica: Ascent)

2004  Best SF Novel (Heirs of Earth)

2003  Best SF Novel (Orphans of Earth)

2002  Best SF Novel (Echoes of Earth)

          (Best Fantasy Novel Notable Book (The Sky Warden & the Sun)

2001  Best Fantasy Novel (The Stone Mage & the Sea)

2000  Best SF Novel (Evergence: The Dying Light)

Best SF Short Story ("The Land Itself")

1998  Best SF Novel (The Resurrected Man)

1997  Best Horror Short Story ("The Freezing of Sarah")

1995  Best SF Novel (The Unknown Soldier)

Best SF Short Story ("A Map of the Mines of Barnath")

Ditmar:

2003  Best Novel (Earth Ascendant)

2007 Best Novella/Novelette (Cenotaxis)

2004  Professional Achievement

2003  Best Novel (Orphans of Earth)

2002  Best Novel (The Sky Warden & the Sun)

Best Novel (The Storm Weaver & the Sand)

1997  Best Long Fiction (Metal Fatigue)

1996  Best Long Fiction (The Unknown Soldier)

Best Short Story ("The Perfect Gun")

Best Short Story ("A Map of the Mines of Barnath")

1994  Best Short Story ("Ghosts of the Fall")

Seiun (Japan):

2002  Best Translated Short Story ("A Map of the Mines of Barnath")

Writers of the Future:

1991  Finalist, 2nd Quarter ("The Stuff of Dreams (& Far Stranger Things)")

 

(for a list of other awards, click here)

 

 

REVIEWS

 

"Sean Williams is one of the most successful and amazingly prolific science fiction and fantasy writers in Australia."

Stephen Dedman

 

"Sean Williams is one of the brightest new generation Aussie SF stars. The Resurrected Man pushes cyberpunk's envelope, then licks its stamp."

Damien Broderick

 

"the second best thing to curl up with on a winter's night"

Russell B. Farr

 

"slick to the point of Herbert-like overstatement"

Terry Dowling

 

"an individual flavour; and a strange gentleness"

Gwyneth Jones

 

"Niven modified by Bester"

Russell Letson

 

"an unusually fine story-teller ... phenomenally prolific "

Dave Wolverton

 

"One of the hottest writers in the country ... a major Australian talent."

Jack Dann

 

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