Geoffrey Maloney used to live in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, a Canberra suburb just over the Australian Capital Territory border. He now lives in Brisbane, Queensland. He has had over 30 short stories published in magazines in Australia, the US and the UK. In 1996, when he was living in Canberra, "The Embargo Traders" was short-listed for an Aurealis Award, and in 2001, his story, "The World According to Kipling", won the Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story.