Alan Baxter

Alan Richard Baxter (born 18 April 1970, Sussex, United Kingdom) is a British-Australian author of supernatural thrillers, horror and dark fantasy, and a teacher of kung fu. He has published seven novels, several novellas, three collections, and over 80 short stories in anthologies and magazines in Australia and overseas. He has also published a further seven novels co-written with American action/adventure author, David Wood. He has won four Australian Shadows Awards from eight nominations, and has also been nominated for seven Ditmar Awards and eight Aurealis Awards. Writing career Baxter was born in 1970 in Crawley, Sussex, UK. At the age of 7, his family moved to Surrey where Baxter remained until emigrating to Australia permanently in 1999 after 2 years of world travel. His earliest writing was an infamous short story in school, aged 7.