| Tony Shillitoe | |
|---|---|
| Born | Anthony Bruce Shillitoe March 28, 1955 Tailem Bend, South Australia |
| Occupation | Educator |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Genres | Fantasy and Young Adult |
Tony Shillitoe started writing professionally in 1992 when Pan Macmillan published the novel Guardians, the first of the successful Andrakis fantasy series, recently republished by Altair Books Pty Ltd under new titles with some minor editorial alterations. Guardians was soon followed by Kingmaker and Dragonlords in 1993.
In 1995 Shillitoe published a teenage fantasy, The Last Wizard, which was shortlisted in the inaugural Aurealis Awards for Best Fantasy Novel. Several short stories appeared in various anthologies between 1996–1998, and in 1999 he published his first young adult novel, Joy Ride with Wakefield Press.
Shillitoe returned to the fantasy genre in 2002 when HarperCollins released Blood, the first book in the Ashuak Chronicles, and Blood was also short-listed for Best Fantasy Novel in the Aurealis Awards. Passion and Freedom completed the trilogy in 2003.
2003 also saw the release of his second young adult novel, Caught in the Headlights, which was listed as a "Notable Book for Older Readers" by the Children's Book Council and it has subsequently appeared on Premier's Reading Lists in South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales.
Shillitoe's current fantasy series from HarperCollins is the Dreaming in Amber quartet. Book one, The Amber Legacy, was released in 2006 along with book two, A Solitary Journey. Prisoner of Fate was released in June 2007 and the final book, The Demon Horsemen, was released in July 2008. All ten of Shillitoe's fantasy novels are drawn together into one long, linked saga by the Dreaming in Amber series.
Despite moderate publishing success and peer recognition within Australia, Shillitoe's works are yet to find an outlet overseas.
Tony Shillitoe works full time as an educator, and is currently employed as the ICTs Manager at Concordia College in Adelaide, South Australia. He was previously employed as the Middle School Curriculum Coordinator at the same school and conducted occasional teacher-training workshops for the International Baccalaureate Organisation. On casual occasions he has been a course writer, lecturer and marker for the Adelaide Institute of TAFE Professional Writing Unit, and a lecturer and tutor in Education at Flinders University.
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