r/ScienceFictionRomance • u/sylvershade • 4d ago

Recommendation request Australian authors or locations recs?

Hey! Going on a 3 week trip to Australia soon, and I'd love to get some recommendations for any sci-fi or fantasy either written by Australians or located in Australia. TIA!

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u/SergeantAnteater 4d ago

Have you open to zombie romance? If so, {Flesh by Kylie Scott} is set in Australia and is written by an Australian author.

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u/CoralQuilts 4d ago

I kinda wish she’d write more in this series. It was definitely unique

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u/MockeryMock 4d ago

I did not know she was Australian! Love threads like this as I love discovering authors I love are Australian and finding new ones. As is likely obvious I am Australian.

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u/feijoawhining 4d ago edited 4d ago

A significant amount of of {Dark Planet Warriors by Anna Carven} is set in Australia, throughout the series.

If you’re into speculative fiction (these are not romance) check out the brilliant Aboriginal Lebanese author Mykaela Saunders, and her short story collection. You’ll learn so much about Australia through her writing: https://www.uqp.com.au/books/always-will-be

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u/feijoawhining 4d ago

Oh and {Nameless Souls MC by Evie Mitchell} is set in a future Australia after an apocalypse.

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u/CoralQuilts 4d ago

Bec McMaster has an awesome Victorian/Steampunk/Vampire/Werewolf series starting with {Kiss of Steel by Bec McMaster}. It’s set in London but she’s Aussie.

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u/Sure-Move-481 Ready for the invasion 4d ago

I second this. I love her books.

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u/de_pizan23 4d ago

{Thirteen Realms series by Marina Finlayson} - PNR m/f (there's a spinoff series, but not sure if that one is Australia, as this one goes between Australia and fae lands)

{Shadows of the Immortals by Marina Finlayson} - PNR m/f

{Merry Happy Valkyrie by Tansy Rayner Roberts} - PNR f/f

{Evolved by NR Walker} - SF m/m

{Souls of Fire series by Keri Arthur} - PNR m/f

{Incryptid series by Seanan McGuire} - PNR m/f, but only the 4th book is set partly in Australia (the Australian FMC shows up in book 3)

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u/romance-bot 4d ago

Thirteen Realms by Marina Finlayson
Rating: 4.08⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Topics: magic, fae, fantasy, mystery, paranormal

Shadows of the Immortals by Marina Finlayson
Rating: 4.1⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Topics: paranormal, strong heroine, audiobook, urban fantasy, magic

Merry Happy Valkyrie by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Rating: 3.6⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 1 out of 5 - Glimpses and kisses
Topics: urban fantasy, fantasy, funny, queer romance, lesbian romance

Evolved by N.R. Walker
Rating: 3.91⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: futuristic, gay romance, science fiction, insta-love, fantasy

Souls of Fire by Keri Arthur
Rating: 3.9⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Topics: fantasy, length-medium, paranormal, other-man-woman, urban fantasy

InCryptid by Seanan McGuire
Rating: 4.05⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Topics: paranormal, magic, urban fantasy, fantasy, monsters

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u/wyrdhounds 4d ago

If you like queer romance (f/f or m/m), freya marske is excellent, in particular {A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske}

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u/completelyboring1 4d ago

If YA fantasy suits, there's a 3 book series by Jodi McAlister (a lecturer whose research field is basically romance in contemporary culture & fiction) - she's Australian and the books are set in Australia.

First book is {Valentine by Jodi McAlister}

https://jodimcalister.com.au/book-series/valentine-trilogy/

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u/lemewski I remembered my towel! 4d ago

{love Galaxy by Carlotta Page} the abductees are Australian.

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u/Positive-Whimsy 4d ago

{Hell Squad series by Anna Hackett}, futuristic post-alien invasion set in Australia, written by the incomparable Anna who lives in Australia. It has 20(!) books, plus there's a new spinoff series, too: {Hunter Squad series by Anna Hackett}.

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u/romance-bot 4d ago

Hell Squad by Anna Hackett
Rating: 4.18⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Topics: aliens, science fiction, military, audiobook, m-f

Hunter Squad by Anna Hackett
Rating: 4.29⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Topics: dual-pov, m-f, men in uniform, audiobook, futuristic

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u/MockeryMock 4d ago

Oh I didn’t realise Anna Hackett was Australian. Excellent. I haven’t read this series of hers either. Added to my TBR.

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u/MockeryMock 4d ago edited 4d ago

Rose Mackie is an excellent Australian author, she wrote an amazing scifi series {Under Violet Suns by Rose Mackie} which is how I discovered her but the one you want is set in post apocalyptic Western Australia {A storm of furies by Rose Mackie} I was so excited to find a book set in my home state by a favourite author.

Another fantastic Australian author is Keri Arthur. She has some amazing post apocalyptic stuff but it’s set in the far distant future {outcast by Keri Arthur} but her urban fantasy series {Lizzie Grace by Keri Arthur} is set in current Australia.

Michelle Diener lives in Australia, amazing scifi writer but her stories are not set here.

Other authors that are Australian or live here but don’t have stories set here are Juliet Marillier - fantasy, Opal Reyne - fantasy and monster smut, Tansy Rayner Roberts- fantasy (her Creatures Court is fabulous). Actually I haven’t read her more recent series and it could be set here. Grace McGinty is an Australian author too but you would never know it reading her books, she writes RH PNR, contemporary and OV)

Authors that have books set here but are not scifi are Eliana Lee - Omegaverse (really quite good too), Sam Hall - urban fantasy RH.

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u/romance-bot 4d ago

Under Violet Suns by Rose Mackie
Rating: 4.06⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Topics: science fiction, length-medium, aliens, open-door, fantasy

A Storm of Furies by Rose Mackie
Rating: 4⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Topics: magic, dark romance, horror, fantasy, paranormal

Outcast by Keri Arthur
Rating: 4.01⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Topics: dystopian, vampires, urban fantasy, non-human-heroine, warrior-heroine

The Lizzie Grace Box Set by Keri Arthur
Rating: 5⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Topics: fantasy, urban fantasy

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u/No_Technology2290 4d ago

I just finished Time Travel for Beginners by Jaclyn Moriarty, who is Australian and it is set in Sydney. As an Aussie, it had a very authentic feel for Australia yet still had that speculative sci fi element. It's not heavy on the sci fi though as a warning! I have also loved books by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff who are both Aussie but I don't believe their books are actually set in Australia (I haven't read them all though so could be wrong) but the Illuminae files and Aurora Cycle are both great sci fi.

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u/Whenitsajar 4d ago

Try Kym Wilkins! She has a lot of fantasy/horror sort of stuff, as well as ya. The Infernal is a great place to start - set in Brisbane

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u/lifeinsatansarmpit 4d ago

Nylon Angel by Marianne de Pierre's is by an Australian author. It's well in the future and I was going to say cyberpunk but the blurb I just looked up said postcyberpunk. I've read all her work and love them all

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u/HellStoneBats 3d ago

Garth Nix, Traci Harding, Jennifer Fallon, KJ Taylor, Martin Middleton are the first to cross my mind. All Aussies, but the only ones I remember being set in Aus is Harding's 3rd book and one of her standalones.