Ian Irvine

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Ian Irvine
Image:Ian Irvine.jpg
Born	1950 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Novelist, Marine Scientist
Nationality	Australian
Writing period	1999 - Present Date
Genres	Fantasy, Futuristic Eco-thrillers
Debut works	The View from the Mirror (Quartet)
Website	Ian Irvine's Homepage

Ian Irvine (born 1950) is an Australian fantasy/eco-thriller author and marine scientist.

Contents 1 Career 2 Published Titles 2.1 Eco-Thriller Titles 2.2 The Three Worlds Cycle Series 2.3 The Runcible Jones Quintet 3 Unpublished Titles 4 Interviews 5 External links

[edit] Career

Ian 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.

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.

[edit] Published Titles

[edit] Eco-Thriller Titles

• The Last Albatross
• Terminator Gene
• The Life Lottery

[edit] The Three Worlds Cycle 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

• The Well of Echoes Quartet
  • Geomancer
  • Tetrarch
  • Scrutator / Alchymist
  • Chimaera

• The Song of the Tears Trilogy
  • Torments of the Traitor / The Fate of the Fallen
  • The Curse on the Chosen

[edit] The Runcible Jones Quintet

• Runcible Jones: The Gate to Nowhere (January 2006)
• Runcible Jones: The Buried City (June 2007)

[edit] Unpublished Titles

The Three Worlds series will continue with the final novel in The Song of the Tears trilogy, The Destiny of the Dead, and then another single book called The Fate of the Children, both of which are yet to be written.

The Runcible Jones Quintet will be continued with:

• Runcible Jones: Black Night, Red Dawning
• Runcible Jones: The Backwards Hourglass
• Runcible Jones: The Electric Labyrinth

[edit] Interviews

• Interview on wotmania.com
• Interview at SFFWorld.com

[edit] External links

• Irvine's website
• Triune
• Tales of Runcible Jones on YouTubebg:Иън Ървайн

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