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Paul Collins has written many books, mostly for younger readers. He is best known for his fantasy and science fiction titles: The Jelindel Chronicles , and The Quentaris Chronicles ─ co-edited with Michael Pryor ─ . His trade books published in America are The Earthborn, The Skyborn and The Hiveborn.

Paul has edited many anthologies which include Trust Me!, Metaworlds and Australia’s first fantasy anthology, Dream Weavers. He also edited The MUP Encyclopaedia of Australian SF&F.

Paul has been short-listed for many awards and has won the Inaugural Peter McNamara and the A Bertram Chandler awards, both of which were for lifetime achievement in science fiction, and the Aurealis and William Atheling awards.

His recent fantasy series is The World of Grrym , in collaboration with Danny Willis. His latest YA book is The Only Game in the Galaxy, Book #3 in The Maximus Black Files.

His book, Slaves of Quentaris, features in 1001 Children’s Books You Must Read Before You Die .

Paul’s adult books are the anthology The Government in Exile and Cyberskin. His current adult horror novel, The Beckoning, Damnation Books is available from http://tinyurl.com/ny6urwy.

Other than his writing, Paul is the publisher at Ford Street Publishing, publishing everything from picture books through to young adult literature, and he manages Creative Net, a speakers’ agency.

Paul’s websites are: www.paulcollins.com.au; www.fordstreetpublishing.com and www.fordstreetpublishing.com/cnet

Awards

1980s — 2000s a handful of nominations for Best Editor and Best Short Fiction in the Australian SF Achievement Awards

1999— Winner William Atheling Award for work on The MUP Encyclopaedia of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy; Shortlisted for the Aurealis Convenors’ Award.

2000— The Dog King, Notable Book Children’s Book Council; Shortlisted for the Clayton’s Award.

2001— Winner of the Aurealis Convenors’ Award for Spinouts Bronze published by Pearson Education. Joint winner was Shaun Tan for The Lost Thing.

2002 — Winner of the inaugural Peter McNamara Award for lifetime achievement in SF.

2004 — Home Run , Notable Book, Children’s Book Council.

2009 -- Morgassa's Folly , short-listed for the Chronos Award.

2010 -- The Slightly Skewed Life of Toby Chrysler, short-listed for The Speech Pathology Award.

2011 -- The Glasshouse chosen by international IBBY as an Outstanding Book; short-listed for the CBC's Crichton Award.

2011 --Awarded the A Bertram Chandler Award for Lifetime Achievement in Australian Science Fiction.

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Demigods and Monsters: Your Favorite Authors on Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series

Dragonlinks

Dragonfang

Dragonsight

Wardragon

Swords of Quentaris

The Earthborn (The Earthborn Wars, #1)

Slaves of Quentaris

Dragonlords of Quentaris

The Skyborn (The Earthborn Wars, #2)

Mole Hunt

The Spell of Undoing: Quentaris

Allira's Gift

How to Do Nothing with Nobody All Alone by Yourself: A Timeless Activity Guide to Self-Reliant Play and Joyful Solitude

Ninguna Vergüenza

Sneila

Frontier Worlds

Heroic Feats

The Sumerians: Lost Civilizations

The Iron Claw