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Nick Marone is a science fiction author based in Australia. His short fiction has appeared in Aurealis, Etherea Magazine, Science Write Now, Space and Time Magazine, and a Deadset Press anthology called Journeys. He has a growing number of books in his humorous Space Trip Universe, Nahla Chronicles, and a standalone Drowned Earth novella.

Nick has worked for Aurealis as a slush reader and Andromeda Spaceways Magazine as a slush reader, editor, proofreader, and web manager. During his time at those pillars of Australian speculative fiction, he enjoyed helping new authors find their first sales and providing advice to writers to hone their craft.

By day, Nick works on academic policy in the Australian higher education sector. He holds a Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice from Griffith University and a Graduate Diploma in Editing and Publishing (with Distinction) from the University of Southern Queensland.

Bibliography

Space Trip Universe

  • The Green Rebellion: A Space Trip Story (2024, Delta-V Press)
  • Space Trip (2022, Delta-V Press)
  • Space Trip II: The Journey to Find the Secret of the Thing in the Box (2022, Delta-V Press)
  • Space Trip III: The Lost Chapter (forthcoming, Delta-V Press)

Nahla Chronicles

  • Nahla: Warrior of the North (2024, Delta-V Press)
  • Nahla: Enemy of the Kingdom (forthcoming, Delta-V Press)

Short Stories

  • Escape Velocity: The Worlds of Nick Marone (2024, Delta-V Press)

Standalone

  • Fire Over Troubled Water (2019, Deadset Press)

Edited and/or Formatted

Assessed

  • 231 short story manuscripts for Aurealis and Andromeda Spaceways Magazine, each of which received a personalised critique