Russell B. Farr is the founding editor of Ticonderoga Publications and has published more than a dozen titles. His most recent anthology, Belong, explores the concepts of home and migration. In 1999 he established ticon4, now Australia’s longest running semi-professional science fiction webzine. Previous works as editor include the award-winning anthology Fantastic Wonder Stories, award-winning collection Magic Dirt: the Best of Sean Williams, and Australia’s first work-themed anthology The Workers’ Paradise.
As editor of Ticonderoga Publications, Russell has overseen the publication of landmark story collections by Simon Brown, Stephen Dedman, Terry Dowling, Angela Slatter, Stephen Utley, Lucy Sussex, Lisa L Hannett, Justina Robson, and Kaaron Warren.
Russell recently shaved all his hair off to raise over $2000 for the Eden Monaro Cancer Support Group. You can view the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh0w_9kxRME