Paul Collins was born in England, raised in New Zealand and moved to Australia in 1972. In 1975 he launched Void, a science fiction magazine.
In 1978, Paul moved from magazine to book publishing, with a series of original Australian science fiction and fantasy novels and anthologies. During this time he published Australia’s first heroic fantasy novels.
He sold his first professional fantasy story in 1977 to the United States magazine Weirdbook. The best of his short stories have been collected in The Government in Exile (1994). A later collection, Stalking Midnight, was published by cosmos.com.
His first fantasy novel for younger readers was The Wizard’s Torment. Paul then edited the young adult anthology Dream Weavers, Australia’s first heroic fantasy anthology. This was followed by Fantastic Worlds, and Tales from the Wasteland.
Together with Michael Pryor, Paul is the co-editor of the highly successful fantasy series, The Quentaris Chronicles; he has also contributed to the series as an author. Paul’s recent works include The Jelindel Chronicles, The Earthborn War trilogy and The World of Grrym trilogy in collaboration with Danny Willis.
Paul has been the recipient of several awards, notably the inaugural Peter McNamara, the Aurealis, and the William Atheling. He has been short-listed for many others, including the Aurealis and Ditmar awards.
Paul served time in the commandos, has a black belt in both tae kwon do and ju jitsu, he was a kickboxer, and trained with the Los Angeles Hell Drivers.
Visit him at www.paulcollins.com.au and www.quentaris.com