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- 1995-2004 (Creation)
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13 boxes.
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Name of creator
Biographical history
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.
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Born in Wales, United Kingdom, in 1960 and arrived in Australia in 1967. He is an Australian science fiction author best known for his collaborative work with Sean Williams in the Star Wars: New Jedi Order series.
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Collection previously titled as: Papers of Sean Williams and Shane Dix, 1995-2004
Collection alternatively titled as: Sean Williams and Shane Dix Collection.
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Drafts, research notes, correspondence and reader's reports.
Sean Williams and Shane Dix are both Australian science fiction writers, who from 1995 to 2004 collaborated to produce the Evergence and Orphans trilogies and three books in the Star Wars: New Jedi Order series. This collection focuses on the fruits of that collaboration.
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Unrestricted access.
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- English
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Migrated
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Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.