AlanC.WilliamsisawidelypublishedAustralianauthor,concentratingmainlyonwomen'smagazines,wherehepushestheboundarieswaypast'boymeetsgirl'lovestories.HehashadoverfortyshortstoriespublishedinAustralia'sThat'sLife,manyofthemincludedinTheRain,theParkandOtherThings,hisfirstcollection.Since2012,hehashadstoriespublishedinIreland,CanadaandBritain,whereheisalsoaregularcontributortoTakeaBreakmagazine.Hisquirkytalescovercrime,fantasy,sciencefiction,romanceandthrillers,usuallysetinthehereandnow.Hehasvowednevertowriteawestern.DespitebeingbothmaleandAustralian,heisamemberoftheRNA(RomanticNovelistsAssociation).Itseemsthat,likemanyofhisstories,theimpossibleispossibleafterall.Alanisaretiredscienceteacher,currentlyexiledandlivinginFrance,residinginaseventeenth-centurystonefarmhousewithhislong-sufferingwife,Anne,andmaniacalcat,Zorro.Hiscontinuingwritingstorycanbefoundatacwilliams-author.com