Sean Williams (author), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Australian writer
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Place of Birth: Whyalla, South Australia, Australia
About Sean Williams (author)
- Sean Llewellyn Williams (born in Whyalla, South Australia on 23 May 1967) is a New York Times best selling science fiction author who lives in Adelaide, South Australia.
- 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 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" bestseller list. 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".
- He then went to 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 Adelaide University in 2005 and was in 2010 a PhD candidate at the same institution.Sean Williams was Chair of the SA Writers' Centre from 2001-2003, and is one of only three lifetime members of that institution.
- His publishers include HarperCollins Australia, HarperTeen, Allen & Unwin, Egmont UK, Del Rey, Ace, Pyr, Swift and Ticonderoga Publications.
- Williams has also tutored for the Clarion South Workshop, was a previous winner of the Writers of the Future contest, and is now a Judge for the same.
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