Jeremy Szal
Australian editor, politician and space opera and fantasy author (1995-)
Jeremy Szal (born May 31, 1995) is an Australian space opera and fantasy author. He often describes his work as "spacepunk" or gothic space opera. His first novel, Stormblood, was published by Gollancz in 2020, with the sequel Blindspace following in 2021. He has published forty short stories, and his work has appeared in eleven languages.
Personal
Jeremy Szal was born in Sydney, Australia, where he has lived almost all his life. He has a BA in Film Studies and Creative Writing from the University of New South Wales.
From 2014 to 2020, he was the fiction editor and audio producer for the Hugo-winning podcast StarShipSofa. Authors he's worked with on the show include George R. R. Martin, Harlan Ellison, and William Gibson.
He is of Middle-Eastern and Slavic descent.
Writing career
Szal is the author of The Common Saga.
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