Jack Wodhams is a science fiction writer who has lived in Australia since 1955. He was first published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact in 1967 with the story There Is a Crooked Man. He is largely known for the kind of "problem oriented" stories that Analog itself is known for. These stories have been called "witty" and good on military matters, but occasionally criticized as facetious. From 1970 to 1982 he won the Ditmar Award several times.