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Role in IFWG: Author

BIO: Richard was born in Yorkshire, England, then migrated to Australia at the age of twenty-one. He was always trying to write, but could never finish the stories he began. Instead he drifted around as a singer, songwriter and poet, then became a university tutor and finally a university lecturer. But after twenty-five years of writer’s block, he finally finished the cult novel, The Vicar of Morbing Vyle.

When he contracted his next book to a major publisher, he immediately resigned his lectureship to follow his original dream. Since then, he’s produced seventeen books of fantasy, SF and horror/supernatural, ranging from Children’s to Young Adult to Adult. Best known internationally for Worldshaker and its sequels, he’s won many awards in France and Australia.

He lives with partner Aileen near Wollongong, south of Sydney, between golden beaches and green escarpment. Walking Yogi the Labrador while listening to music is his favourite relaxation—when he’s not writing like a mad workaholic, catching up all on those wasted twenty-five years…

His Ferren Trilogy website is at www.ferren.com.au and his author website is at www.richardharland.au. You can email him at author@ferren.com.au.

For all aspiring writers, he’s put up a comprehensive 145-page guide to writing fantasy fiction at www.writingtips.com.au.

The Ferren Trilogy (Young Adult fantasy)