Paul Collins

Australia (b.1954)

Paul Collins is an Australian writer and editor who specialises in science fiction and fantasy.

Paul Collins has written many books for younger readers. He is best known for his fantasy series, The Jelindel Chronicles (Dragonlinks, Dragonfang and Dragonsight -- a fourth, Wardragon, has been written).

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Children's Fiction, Horror

Series

Cyberkids
   1. The Knockout (1999)
   2. The Great Escape (1998)
   3. The Final Countdown (1999)

Jelindel Chronicles
   1. Dragonlinks (2002)
   2. Dragonfang (2010)
   3. Dragonsight (2013)
   4. Wardragon (2008)

Earthborn Wars
1. The Earthborn (2003)
2. The Hiveborn (2007)

Maximus Black Files
   1. Molehunt (2011)
   2. Dyson's Drop (2012)
   3. The Only Game in the Galaxy (2013)

Warlock's Child (with Sean McMullen)
   1. The Burning Sea (2015)
   2. Dragonfall Mountain (2015)
   3. The Iron Claw (2015)
   4. Trial by Dragons (2015)
   5. Voyage to Morticas (2015)
   6. The Guardians (2015)

James Gong
The Chinese Dragon (2022)

Novels

   The Government in Exile (1995)
   The Wizard's Torment (1996)
   Old Bones (1997)
   Tricking (1998)
   2 Real 2000 (1999)
   Cyberboy (1999)
   Double Trouble (1999)
   The Gold Diggers (1999)
   The Hyper Kid (1999)
   Out of This World (1999)
   Replicas (1999)
   The Shadow Factory (1999)
   Spaced Out! (1999) (with Meredith Costain)
   The Tooth Fairy Mystery (1999) (with Howard Goldsmith)
   Castle Rock (1999)
   Cyberskin (2000)
   Stalking Midnight (2001)
   Flying High! (2003)
   The Dog King (2008)
   The Beckoning (2013)
   Harry Kruize, Born to Lose (2017)
   This Spells Trouble (2023) (with Sean McMullen)

Novellas and Short Stories

   Lucy : Kung-Fu Queen (2015)
   James Gong: The Big Hit (2020)
   The Glasshouse (2020)
   Tarni's Chance (2022)

Anthologies edited

   Other Worlds (1978)
   Envisaged Worlds (1978)
   Alien Worlds (1979)
   Distant Worlds (1981)
   Frontier Worlds (1984)
   Metaworlds (1987)
   Strange Fruit (1990)
   Shivers series (1991)
   Dream Weavers (1996)
   The MUP Encyclopaedia of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy (1998)
   Spinouts Bronze and Silver (1999) (with Meredith Costain)
   Fantastic Worlds (1999)
   Tales from the Wasteland (2000)
   Trust Me! (2008)
   Trust Me Too (2012)
   Borderlands - Riding the Slipstream (2024)

Series contributed to

Quentaris Chronicles
   2. Swords of Quentaris (2003)
   6. Slaves of Quentaris (2003)
   8. Dragonlords of Quentaris (2004) (with Michael Pryor)
   19. The Forgotten Prince (2006)
   Princess of Shadows (2005)
   Vampires of Quentaris (2012) (with Michael Pryor)

Quentaris : Quest of the Lost City
1. The Spell of Undoing (2008)

Legends in Their Own Lunchbox
   Lucy and the Red Street Boyz (2015)
   Lucy in a Jam (2015)
   Lucy: The Boss (2015)

Omnibus editions show

Anthologies containing stories by Paul Collins

Dreaming Again (2008)
Thirty-five New Stories Celebrating the Wild Side of Australian Fiction
(Dreaming Down-Under, book 2)
edited by
Jack Dann

Best of McSweeney's Volume 2 (2005)
(Best of McSweeney's, book 2)
edited by
Dave Eggers

Dreaming Down-Under (1999)
(Dreaming Down-Under, book 1)
edited by
Jack Dann and Janeen Webb

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