Shane Dix


Shane Dix is an Australian science fiction author best known for his collaborative work with Sean Williams in the Star Wars: New Jedi Order series.
In addition to his novels with Sean Williams, Dix has had short stories published in various magazines and anthologies, including Aurealis: Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction, Eidolon: The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, Borderlands, Twenty3 : A Miscellany, and Alien Shores: An Anthology of Australian Science Fiction.
While primarily known for his science-fiction work, since 2007 Dix has been branching out into other genres and fields of writing with a number of original novels. Four of these manuscripts are now complete, and he is currently looking for an agent to represent them.
His daughter Katelin Dix is also a writer, with promising work in both teenage and fantasy fiction.

Series Contributions

Cogal Series
Evergence Series
Orphans
  • Echoes of Earth
  • Orphans of Earth
  • Heirs of Earth
Star Wars: The New Jedi Order
  • Force Heretic I: Remnant
  • Force Heretic II: Refugee
  • Force Heretic III: Reunion
  • ''Or Die Trying''

    Novels

  • Geodesica: Ascent
  • ''Geodesica: Descent''

    Awards

  • 1995 nominated for Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel for The Unknown Soldier
  • 1996 nominated for Ditmar Award for Best Long Fiction for The Unknown Soldier
  • 2000 nominated for Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel for The Dying Light
  • 2001 winner of Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel for The Dark Imbalance
  • 2001 winner of Ditmar Award for Best Long Fiction for The Dying Light
  • 2002 nominated for Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel for Echoes of Earth
  • 2003 nominated for Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel for Orphans of Earth
  • 2003 winner of Ditmar Award for Best Australian Novel for Echoes of Earth
  • 2004 nominated for Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel for Heirs of Earth
  • 2004 nominated for Ditmar Award for Best Novel for Orphans of Earth
  • 2005 nominated for Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel for Ascent
  • 2006 nominated for Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel for Descent
  • 2006 winner of Ditmar Award for Best Novel for ''Ascent''

    Biography

  • Space Invader by Susie O'Brien, The Advertiser 25 March 2000

    Interviews

  • A Conversation with Sean Williams and Shane Dix with Lisa DuMond, The SF Site, January 2002
  • Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine no. 23, 2006, pp 107–111