Sean McMullen

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name = Sean Christopher McMullen


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birthdate = 1948
birthplace = Victoria, Australia
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occupation = Writer, Musician
nationality = Australian
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genre = Science Fiction & Fantasy
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website = http://www.seanmcmullen.net.au

Sean Christopher McMullen (born 1948 in Victoria) is an Australian science fiction and fantasy author. He has a degree in physics and history from Melbourne University (1974) and a postgraduate degree in library and information science. He was a professional musician in the 1970s, concentrating on singing and guitar playing.

His first novel was originally published in Australia as two separate books, "Voices In The Light" (1994) and "Mirrorsun Rising" (1995). They were rewritten and combined for a publication in the US as "Souls In The Great Machine" (1999), which, in turn, became the first volume of the Greatwinter trilogy, a unique mix of the generally anti-genres Steampunk and Cyberpunk:

* "Souls in the Great Machine" (1999)
* "The Miocene Arrow" (2000, winner of the 2001 Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel)
* "Eyes of the Calculor" (2001)

He is currently working on "The Moonworlds Saga", a fantasy series, with the following novels out so far:

*"Voyage of the Shadowmoon" (2002)
*"Glass Dragons" (2004)
*"Voidfarer" (2006)
* "The Time Engine" (2008, forthcoming)

Other books include:

* "Call To The Edge" (1992, collection)
* "The Centurion's Empire" (1998, winner of the 1998 Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel)
* "" (1998, non-fiction with Russell Blackford and Van Ikin, co-winner of the 2000 William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review award)
* "The MUP Encyclopaedia of Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy" (1998, assistant editor with Paul Collins) [McMullen was "Assistant Editor" along with another Australian SF writer, Steven Paulsen.]

Awards

Ditmar Awards

1991 Best Australian Short Fiction - While the Gate is Open

1992 Best Short Fiction - Alone in His Chariot; William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism - Going Commercial

1993 William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism - Australian SF Art Turns 50

1996 Best Australian Long Fiction - Mirrorsun Rising; William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism - The Hunt for Australian Horror Fiction (together with Steven Paulsen and Bill Congreve)

1998 William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism - Fantasy in Australia (together with Steven Paulsen)

2000 William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism - Strange Constellations (together with van Thin and Russell Blackford)

Aurealis Awards

1998 Best Novel - The Centurion's Empire

2001 Best Novel - The Miocene Arrow

2003 Best Short Story -Walk to the Moon

Analog Reader's Award

2002 Best Novellette - Tower of Wings

Nova Fantastyka Reader's Award

2003 Best Foreign Story - Voice of Steel

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External links

* [http://www.seanmcmullen.net.au/ Homepage of Sean McMullen]