Janeen Webb facts for kids

Janeen Webb is an Australian writer, critic, and editor. She is well-known for her exciting stories in the world of science fiction and fantasy.

About Janeen Webb

Janeen Webb was born Janeen Pemberton on August 29, 1951, in Charlestown, New South Wales, Australia. She grew up in Charlestown and went to local schools. Later, she studied at the University of Newcastle, Australia and earned a special degree in literature in 1983. For many years, she taught literature at a university in Melbourne, Victoria.

Her Work as an Editor

From 1987 to 1991, Janeen Webb helped edit a magazine called Australian Science Fiction Review. She also advises for Science Fiction Studies. She is perhaps most famous for editing a big collection of Australian science fiction and fantasy stories called Dreaming Down-Under. She edited this book with her husband, Jack Dann. This book won them a World Fantasy Award and a Ditmar Award in 1999.

Other Books and Projects

Janeen Webb has also written and edited other books with her friend, Andrew Enstice. These include Aliens & Savages: Fiction, Politics and Prejudice (1998) and The Fantastic Self (1999), which is a collection of essays about fantasy and science fiction. She also helped create a special edition of an old science fiction novel from 1895 called The Yellow Wave (2003).

Janeen Webb has been working on a series of novels for young adults called The Sinbad Chronicles. The first two books in this series are Sailing to Atlantis (2001) and The Silken Road to Samarkand (2003).

In 1995, she married Jack Dann, who is an American science fiction author. They live together near Foster in rural Victoria.

Janeen Webb's Books and Stories

Here are some of the books and stories Janeen Webb has written or helped create.

Non-fiction Books

These are books based on facts and real information:

• Aliens & Savages: Fiction, Politics and Prejudice in Australia (1998) – written with Andrew Enstice.
• Fantastic Self: Essays on the Subject of the Self (1999) – edited with Andrew Enstice.

Books She Edited

These are collections of stories or special editions of other authors' works that she helped put together:

• Dreaming Down-Under (1998) – an anthology (collection of stories) edited with Jack Dann.
• Yellow Wave: A Romance of the Asiatic Invasion of Australia (2003) – a special edition of an 1895 novel by Kenneth Mackay, edited with Andrew Enstice.

Novels (Long Stories)

The Sinbad Chronicles Series

• Sailing to Atlantis (2001)
• The Silken Road to Samarkand (2003)

Dragons of Hong Kong Series

• The Dragon's Child (2018) – a shorter novel called a novella.
• The Gold-Jade Dragon (2020)

Short Stories

Janeen Webb has written many short stories that have appeared in different collections and magazines:

• "Death at the Blue Elephant" (1996)
• "Niagara Falling" (1997, with Jack Dann)
• "Incident on Wolfe Street" (1998)
• "Ali Baba and the Forty Aliens" (2000)
• "The Fire-eater's Tale" (2000, with Jack Dann)
• "Gawain and the Selkie's Daughter" (2002)
• "Tigershow" (2003)
• "Blake's Angel" (2003)
• "Red City" (2004)
• "The Lion Hunt" (2004)
• "A Faust Films Production" (2004)
• "Paradise Design'd" (2008)
• "Future Perfect" (2014)
• Death and the Blue Elephant (2014) – this is a collection of 18 of her own short stories.

Essays (Short Articles)

Janeen Webb has also written essays, which are short articles giving her thoughts on different topics, often about science fiction and fantasy:

• "The Vampire of Shalott" (1993)
• "Post-Romantic Romance: Guy Gavriel Kay's Tigana and A Song for Arbonne" (1995)
• "Introduction" (1998, with Jack Dann) in Dreaming Down-Under
• "Introduction" and "Notes" (2003, with Andrew Enstice) in The Yellow Wave
• "Foreword" (2004, with Dena Bain Taylor) in The Summer Tree