Patty Jansen

Patty Jansen is an Australian author of science fiction and fantasy known for building tightly linked series within a shared future-history setting. Her science fiction spans the Ambassador series, Return of the Aghyrians, and ISF-Allion books, following interstellar diplomacy, first contact, and interspecies conflict, while her fantasy side includes the Icefire and Moonfire trilogies and the Ghostspeaker and Dragonspeaker Chronicles. She is noted for grounding her space opera in real astrophysics, at times consulting with astronomy researchers to keep her depictions of binary star systems and planetary science plausible. A prolific self-publisher, Jansen maintains an active presence with readers through her website, social media, and a blog covering both writing craft and the science behind her stories, alongside a steady output of novels and novellas across her interconnected universes.