Иэн Ирвин: Австралиялық фантаст және экологиялық триллер жазушысы

Australian fantasy and eco thriller author and marine scientist
the New Zealand rugby union player

Ian Irvine (born 1950) is an Australian fantasy and eco thriller author and marine scientist. To date Irvine has written 27 novels, including fantasy, eco thrillers and books for children. He has had books published in at least 12 countries and continues to write full time.

Thus far, Irvine has written 27 novels, including fantasy, eco thrillers and books for children. He has had books published in Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Greece, Poland, Czech Republic, Turkey and South Korea.

Irvine's eco thriller trilogy The Human Rites Trilogy, comprising The Last Albatross, Terminator Gene, and The Life Lottery, explores a world undergoing catastrophic climate change. They are set a little way in Earth's future and shows the impact climate change is having on politics, the economy and life in general. The series was originally published between 2000 and 2003, and many of the events described in the books (such as the destruction of New Orleans by a huge hurricane) have since come true. A revised and updated edition of the Human Rites trilogy was published in Australia between 2008 and 2010. Irvine has written two novellas. Poisoned Chalice was published in Mystery, Magic, Voodoo and the Holy Grail (2000), and Tribute to Hell was published in Legends of Australian Fantasy in 2010. In addition to fantasy fiction Irvine has also written a number of other works including The Truth About Publishing and The Art and Science of Book Promotion which both 'tell it like it is' about being a successful author.

Irvine published 11 books for adults before he began his first children's series, Runcible Jones, in 2006. The series comprises four books (Runcible Jones: The Gate to Nowhere (2006), Runcible Jones: The Buried City (2007), Runcible Jones: The Frozen Compass (2008), and Runcible Jones: The Backwards Hourglass (2010)) for children aged 10 and up. His second children's series, The Sorcerer's Tower, is a quartet of short books for younger readers (from around eight years and up) and was published in 2008 and illustrated in black and white by Australian artist and fantasy novelist D. M. Cornish. The first book in the series is Thorn Castle. This was followed by the Grim and Grimmer quartet of humorous fantasy novels (2010 and 2011). Many of Irvine's books (for both children and adults) are now available as ebooks. Irvine has also produced "book trailers" (similar to movie trailers) for a number of his children's and adults books and has placed them on YouTube.

A Shadow on the Glass. Shortlisted for the Aurealis Award, best fantasy novel (1998). Listed in ScienceFiction. com's Best of 2001 (US edition). The Tower on the Rift. Listed in Sydney Morning Herald's Best Books of 1998. Listed in ScienceFiction. com’s Best of 2001 (US edition). The Last Albatross. Listed in The Australian's Best of Summer Reading (2000). Terminator Gene. Shortlisted for the Aurealis Award, best SF Novel (2003). Scrutator. Honourable Mention, Aurealis Award, best fantasy novel (2003). Listed in the Sydney Morning Herald's Best Books of 2003. Chimaera. Listed in the Sydney Morning Herald's Best Books of 2004. The Art & Science of Book Promotion. Chapter, The Art & Science of Book Promotion in The Complete Guide to Writing Science Fiction, Dragon Moon Press, Canada, 2007. Winner of the 2007 Eppie Award, best non fiction book. The Sorcerer's Tower. Shortlisted for the 2008 Aurealis Award for best children's novel.