A former journalist and intelligence officer, FX Holden writes Action Thrillers (The Future War ', 'Aggressor' and 'What-if' Series) and Suspense Science Fiction (The Coruscant Series). 

His thrillers have garnered multiple accolades:

• Two US Publishers' Weekly Stars (the Michelin Star of publishing): OKINAWA and KOBANI 
• The US Readers' Favorite award for Best Political Thriller: OKINAWA and Antarctica STORM
• The Book Excellence award for Best Military Fiction for KOBANI
• Editors' Pick from Publishers'  Weekly BookLife for Antarctica STORM

Writing as Tim Slee, he has won:

• HarperCollins Banjo Prize for Australian Fiction, Taking Tom Murray Home. 
• The USA BookLife Prize for Fiction for his scifi fantasy novel The Vanirim
• Allen & Unwin INK Prize for Australian short fiction Rossitano Tuesdays