| Simon Sellars is a Melbourne-based freelance writer and editor. In 2009, he graduated with a PhD from Monash University; his thesis analysed the 'affirmative dystopias' of the novelist J.G. Ballard. Besides various academic journals, Simon's writing has appeared in The Age, The Australian and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers, Dwell magazine, Overland magazine, Inside Film, RealTime magazine, 032c, Blueprint and The Big Issue. Simon has performed extensive work for Lonely Planet Publications,
authoring around 20 guidebook chapters on destinations including
Japan, Micronesia, the Netherlands, East Coast Australia and the
Northern Territory. He has also written travel articles for a variety
of other publishers and publications, and he is a co-author of the
book Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-made Nations.
Simon currently teaches at Monash University and NMIT, and is a
researcher at Monash and Deakin universities.
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