Born in 1970, Matthew Farrer has spent most of the subsequent period in and around Canberra, Australia, and is a member of the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild. He has been writing since his teens, although he didn’t break into professional sales until ‘Badlands Skelter’s Downhive Monster Show’ appeard in Inferno! a few years ago. Since then he has published his first novel, the Shira Calpurnia adventure Crossfire, and a number of short stories. He was shortlisted for an Aurealis Award in 2001.