Simon Brown lives on the south coast of NSW and has been writing for over 30 years.  His short stories have appeared in magazines and anthologies in Australia and the USA. Simon’s novels include Privateer, Winter and The Keys of Power Trilogy: Inheritance, Fire and Sword and Sovereign (HarperCollins Australia/Daw US).  The final title in The Chronicles of Kydan Trilogy, Daughter of Independence, was published in 2006.  He is working on his next novel.