Alan Baxter

Alan Baxter is one of the award winning authors of the British-Australian descent, who is famous for writing novels based on dark fantasy, urban horror, sci-fi, mystery, and supernatural thriller genres. He is particularly popular for writing the Balance and Alex Caine novel series. Baxter likes to ride motorcycles, and is fond of dogs. In addition to writing thriller and horror novels, he is also involved in teaching Kung Fu. Currently, he lives near the south coast of the beautiful New South Wales, Australia, along with his beautiful wife, his son, and a couple of pet animals. The Alex Caine novels written by him are dark thrillers based on urban fantasy. The series is comprised of 3 novels in total. Baxter’s books are published in Australia, UK, and the US, by different publishing houses. The other book series for which author Baxter is famous for is called the Balance series. This series is also an urban fantasy, consisting of dark settings. The books of this series are published by the Gryphonwood Press. Author Baxter was born on April 18, 1970, in Sussex, UK. During the middle 1990s, he shifted to Australia. He started his writing career in the year 2006 with the release of his debut book called Realmshift. This is a horror thriller/dark fantasy, and was released by an independent publication named Blade Red which was set up by author Baxter himself. In 2008, he re-released the novel along with its sequel novel. Both the books were acquired by the Gryphonwood publication in 2010, which republished them subsequently. Author Baxter has published over 70 short stories which have been released in a variety of anthologies and journals in Australia, France, the US, and the UK. Some of the journals in which he has published include Daily Science Fiction, Beneath the Ceaseless Skies, Postscripts, and Fantasy and Science Fiction, etc. Also, Baxter’s short stories have featured in more than 20 anthologies all over Australia. His first short fiction collection, called as Crow Shine, has been released by the Ticonderoga Publications in the year 2016.