A frequent traveler from his home in New Zealand, Sean Monaghan has made it to thirty-one countries so far, all providing rich settings for his stories, which run the spectrum from thrillers to science fiction to literary, and even romance. Having made numerous visits to the U.S. Sean likes to think he knows his way around.

His stories have won the Jim Baen Memorial Award, the Amazing Stories Award, the Sir Julius Vogel Award and the Asimov's Readers' Poll Award, among others.

Sean writes from a nook in the corner of his 110 year old character home. www.seanmonaghan.com