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John Birmingham John Birmingham i(A9492 works by)
Also writes as: Harrison Biscuit
Born: Established: 1964 Liverpool, Merseyside,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1970
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BiographyHistory

John Birmingham grew up and was educated in Ipswich, Queensland. He freelanced as a journalist for ten years taking feature commissions from a wide variety of magazines such as Playboy, and Rolling Stone and between writing books, he has continued to work as a full time columnist, blogger and essay writer.

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon After America Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2010 Z1698564 2010 single work novel thriller

'Our world went to hell on March 14, 2003.

Four years after an inexplicable wave of energy decimated the American mainland, and then just as inexplicably disappeared a year later, US President James Kipper is no closer to explaining the catastrophe to the traumatised survivors.

In a decaying New York City, an assassination attempt on the President prompts the suspicion that the looters overrunning Manhattan may be more organised and sinister than previously thought.

Working on a farm in Texas to earn his citizenship, Miguel Pieraro believes in the promise of the New America. That is until tragedy cuts through his family.

In the English countryside, Echelon agent Caitlin Monroe must once again fight for her life, a sharp reminder that her nemesis is active again.

Then out of the smoking ruin of the Middle East comes an enemy that will be Kipper's toughest challenge yet. The battle for the Wild East is just beginning, but does this New America, and its gun-shy President, have the strength of will to destroy the past in order to save the future?' (Publisher's blurb)
2011 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian General Fiction Book of the Year
y separately published work icon Designated Targets : World War 2.2 Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2005 Z1214361 2005 single work novel historical fiction thriller
2005 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Science Fiction Division — Best Novel
y separately published work icon Weapons of Choice : World War 2.1 Sydney : Macmillan , 2004 Z1125728 2004 single work novel historical fiction thriller 'The impossible has spawned the unthinkable.

A military experiment in the year 2021 has thrust an American-led multinational armada back to 1942, right into the middle of the U.S. naval task force speeding toward Midway Atoll—and what was to be the most spectacular U.S. triumph of the entire war.

Thousands died in the chaos, but the ripples had only begun. For these veterans of Pearl Harbor—led by Admirals Nimitz, Halsey, and Spruance—have never seen a helicopter, or a satellite link, or a nuclear weapon. And they've never encountered an African American colonel or a British naval commander who was a woman and half-Pakistani. While they embrace the armada's awesome firepower, they may find the twenty-first century sailors themselves far from acceptable.

Initial jubilation at news the Allies would win the war is quickly doused by the chilling realization that the time travelers themselves—by their very presence—have rendered history null and void. Celebration turns to dread when the possibility arises that other elements of the twenty-first century task force may have also made the trip—and might now be aiding Yamamoto and the Japanese. What happens next is anybody's guess—and everybody's nightmare. . . .' (Publisher's blurb)
2010 shortlisted Australian Book Review Fan Poll
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Known archival holdings

University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library (QLD)
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