Alan Baxter (author)

Alan Baxter

Alan Baxter (left) with Paul Haines at Swancon, Perth, 2011 (photo by Cat Sparks).
Born 18 April 1970
Sussex, United Kingdom
Occupation Writer, Martial Artist, Personal Trainer
Notable works RealmShift
MageSign
Dark Rite
Bound
Obsidian
Abduction

Alan Baxter (born 18 April 1970, Sussex, United Kingdom) is an author of dark fantasy, science fiction and horror. He is also a martial artist and Personal Trainer, and runs the Illawarra Kung Fu Academy on the south coast of NSW, Australia.[1][2][3]

Writing Career

Baxter was born in the UK and moved to Australia in the mid-1990s. His first novel, the dark fantasy/horror thriller RealmShift (The Balance Book 1), was self-published in 2006. Baxter set up independent publisher Blade Red Press in 2008 and re-released RealmShift along with the sequel, MageSign (The Balance Book 2).[4][5] In 2010 both RealmShift and MageSign were acquired and republished by Gryphonwood Press.[6][7]

Baxter is also the author of the dark urban fantasy trilogy, Bound, Obsidian and Abduction (The Alex Caine Series), published by HarperVoyager Australia in 2014.

Baxter has more than 60 short stories published in a variety of journals and anthologies in Australia, the US, the UK and France including Fantasy & Science Fiction, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Daily Science Fiction,[8] Postscripts, Wily Writers and Midnight Echo, among many others, and more than twenty anthologies, including the Year's Best Australian Fantasy & Horror (2010 and 2012). In 2011 Baxter was nominated for a Ditmar Award Best New Talent Award[9] and his 2013 story, Not The Worst Of Sins, was nominated for the Ditmar Award in the Best Short Story category in 2014.[10] Baxter's novel Bound: Alex Caine Book 1 was nominated for the 2014 Best Novel Ditmar Award and Obsidian: Alex Caine Book 2 was nominated for the 2014 Aurealis Award for Best Horror Novel. His novelette, The Darkness in Clara, was nominated for the 2014 Ditmar Award for Best Novelette or Novella. Baxter also had two short story nominations in the 2014 Australian Shadows Awards, for Mephisto and Shadows of the Lonely Dead, winning the Award for Shadows of the Lonely Dead.

Baxter also writes narrative arcs and dialogue for video games. His freelance work includes reviews, feature articles and opinion. He is a contributing editor and co-founder at Thirteen O’Clock – Australian Dark Fiction News & Reviews, and co-hosts AuthorCast, a genre fiction podcast. He is a member of the Australian Horror Writers Association, International Thriller Writers, The Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild, and a full Active Member of the Horror Writers Association.

Alan Baxter is represented by literary agent, Alex Adsett, of Alex Adsett Publishing Services.[11]

External links

References

  1. ↑ "About Alan". Alan Baxter Online. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
  2. ↑ "Interview With Indie Author Alan Baxter". Publetariat. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  3. ↑ "Interview with Alan Baxter: Dark fantasty indie author". The Creative Penn. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  4. ↑ "Interview with Alan Baxter: How to Set Up a Blog Tour and Why Print Books Will Become a Niche Market". Smashwords. Archived from the original on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
  5. ↑ "Interview with Alan Baxter". An Exchange of Words: David B. Coe's Weblog. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
  6. ↑ "Gryphonwood Authors". Gryphonwood Press. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
  7. ↑ "#RejectWriter: Alan Baxter". Evolve Journal: Advancing Fiction With a Purpose. Archived from the original on 12 July 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
  8. ↑ Daily Science Fiction, retrieved 24 Jun 2014
  9. ↑ Ditmar eligibility list 2012, retrieved 6 Feb 2012.
  10. ↑ Ditmar eligibility list 2014, retrieved 24 Jun 2014
  11. ↑ Alex Adsett Publishing Services, retrieved 6 Jun 2014