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Author Interview: Sean Williams

Today’s Hope author is Sean Williams, author of The Haunted Earth.

Sean, please tell us a bit about yourself.

I write full-time from Adelaide, South Australia, where I live with my wife and two stepsons. I’ve had thirty-five novels published, and some eighty-odd stories, too. I write for adults, young adults and kids, and every now and again I do some work in the Star Wars universe. My novels have won awards and appeared on the New York Times bestseller list, for which I count myself very, very fortunate. I am addict to chocolate.

Ah, chocolate! Many are addicted, so you’re not alone there. What is your Hope story about and what inspired it?

My story is about traumatic healing following a terrible accident. It was inspired by a nightmare, but not one of mine, thankfully. Sam Dix, son of my friend and collaborator Shane Dix, had the dream when he was a small boy, and it’s haunted me down the years. I always hoped it would find a home.

And what are you working on at the moment?

I am working on the third novel in the series I’m co-writing with Garth Nix. Book two, Troubletwisters: The Monster, comes out in 2012.

To find out more about Sean and his books, please visit his website – Sean Williams

Online Book Launch Scheduled

The publisher, the editor and the contributors invite you to celebrate the book launch by attending the event online from 8.30pm (Australian EST) on 7 October to 5pm on 9 October 2011.

The event will be held at Facebook. Everyone is invited to join us. Most of the authors will be ‘milling’ about over the weekend and will be glad to answer any question or just chat with you. Please drop in when you have a few minutes and say hello.

All guests will be in the running for a chance to win one of ten digital copies of the anthology and one person will win a copy of the printed publication. See the event page for more details.

The anthology includes the following, but offers much more:

The preface is written by Karen Henderson.

The introduction is by Simon Haynes.

The stories include:

High Tide at Hot Water Beach (Paul Haines)
Burned in the Black (Janette Dalgliesh)
The Haunted Earth (Sean Williams)
Eliot (Benjamin Solah)
Boundaries (Karen Lee Field)
The Encounter (Sasha Beattie)
The God on the Mountain (Graham Storrs)
Deployment (Craig Hull)
Flowers in the Shadow of the Garden (Joanne Anderton)
Blinded (Jodi Cleghorn)
The Choosing (Rowena Cory Daniells)
Duty and Sacrifice (Alan Baxter)
A Moment, A Day, A Year… (Pamela Freeman)

There are also contributions from:

Beyondblue.com.au
Dr Myfanwy Maple (University of New England)
Mr Warren Bartik (University of New England)

We hope to see you at the launch. And, remember, none of the people mentioned have received any form of payment. They have contributed their time and their story/essay for free because they want to help raise suicide awareness. All profits will be donated to foundations that actively take part in suicide prevention.