Paul Collins
To date, Paul has published over thirty chapter books, around thirty non-fiction hardcovers for the education market, eleven anthologies, two collections of his own stories, edited The MUP Encyclopaedia of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, over 140 short stories and many fantasy and science fiction books in Australia. His trade books published in America are The Earthborn and The Skyborn, both published by Tor. His website is www.paulcollins.com.au
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 ─ (With Co-editor Meredith Costain) Winner 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 life time achievement in SF.
2004 ─ Home Run, Notable Book Children?s Book Council.
