Ian Irvine
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Ian Irvine (born 1950) is an Australian fantasy/eco-thriller author and marine scientist.
Career
Irvine was born in Bathurst,New South Wales,Australia,in 1950. He was educated at Chevalier College and the University of Sydney where he received a PhD in marine science, studying the management of contaminated sediments.
In the early eighties he led several expeditions to Sumatra,which he claims gave him many ideas for his books. Setting up his own environmental consulting firm in 1986, Irvine received contracts in Australia as well as international locations such as Mauritius, Bali, Fiji and Western Samoa. During the course of his career he played a role in developing Australia's national guidelines for protection of the oceanic environment. During 1987 Irvine began writing the first in his The View From The Mirror series. He continued authoring this series until 1999 when the final chapter was released. After his first series was published he remained an author. He is currently married and lives in the mountains of northern new south wales.
Published Titles
Eco-Thriller Titles
The Three Worlds Series
- The View From The Mirror Quartet
- * A Shadow on the Glass
- * The Tower on the Rift
- * Dark is the Moon
- * The Way Between the Worlds
- Well of Echoes Quartet
- * Geomancer
- * Tetrarch
- * Scrutator (or Alchymist)
- * Chimaera
The Runcible Jones Quintet
Runcible Jones: The Gate to Nowhere (January 2006)
Unpublished Titles
The Three Worlds series will continue with the Song Of The Tears Trilogy, and then another single book called The Fate Of The Children, all of which are yet to be written.
The titles given for The Song Of The Tears are as follows:
1. The Torments of the Traitor
2. The Curse of the Chosen
3. The Destiny of the Dead
Interviews
External links
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