Sean Williams (author)

Sean Williams (author)

Sean Llewellyn Williams (born 23 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 Cataclysm and (with Shane Dix) 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" bestseller list.

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 Master of Arts in Creative Writing at Adelaide University 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 Workshop, and Clarion South Workshop.