Nick Marone is a science fiction author based in Australia. His short fiction has appeared in Aurealis, Etherea Magazine, Science Write Now, Space and Time Magazine, and a Deadset Press anthology called Journeys. He has a growing number of books in his humorous Space Trip Universe, Nahla Chronicles, and a standalone Drowned Earth novella.Nick has worked for Aurealis as a slush reader and Andromeda Spaceways Magazine as a slush reader, editor, proofreader, and web manager. During his time at those pillars of Australian speculative fiction, he enjoyed helping new authors find their first sales and providing advice to writers to hone their craft.