Born in Wallaroo, South Australia in 1925. Author and local historian. Lived in Nambour and Mackay regions. Died on 28 November 2018.

Sean Williams was born in Whyalla, South Australia in 1967. He is a prolific science fiction writer with an international reputation. Author of over sixty published short stories and eighteen novels, including the Books of the Change and 'The Resurrected Man', his work has been published around the world in numerous languages and on-line. His novel 'The Crooked Letter' was the first fantasy novel in the history of Australian speculative fiction to win both Ditmar and Aurealis Awards. Sean Williams and Simon Brown are both Australian science fiction writers, who from 1996 to 2003 collaborated to produce 'The Butler Codex' and a number of short stories. Williams lives in Adelaide, where he served as Chair of the SA Writers' Centre from 2001 to 2003.