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Van Ikin - Biography

Van Ikin is co-author (with Russell Blackford and Sean McMullen) of Strange Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction and editor of three anthologies of Australian sf (including Mortal Fire: Best Australian SF - the first-ever Aussie best of collection, co-edited with Terry Dowling in 1993).  He is the regular sf/fantasy/horror reviewer for The Sydney Morning Herald and was the winner of the inaugural A. Bertram Chandler Award in 1992.  Read Terry Dowling's words on Van Ikin winning this award.

Van is an academic in the English Department of The University of Western Australia, here is his staff profile.