Dr Rodney Jensen PhD, an urban designer, has during the past 20 years focused on journalism before gravitating to creative writing, and self-publishing for speculative fiction novels. He has written for the Australian, the Sydney Morning Herald newspapers and Australian Property Investor and many other magazines. He received merit awards from the Planning Institute of Australia for Cityscape (a collaborative newsletter) and a commissioned documentary film on the heritage of the inland town of Wentworth in NSW, Australia.His novels (published under the name Rodney J Jensen) include:'Thylacine' 2024, a spec fiction crime mystery set in the near future about de-extincting thylacines back to Tasmania.‘Tales for the Time Traveller’, an anthology of re-imagined traditional tales, 2021 and:The ‘Covert Trilogy’, comprising: ‘Covert Messages’, 2021, ’ Covert Citadel’, 2022, and ’Covert State’, 2022.In association with the Northern Beaches Writers’ Group he has contributed to a variety of its publications including:‘Message in a Bottle’, a ballad (original melody and lyrics) contained in Rhapsody, NBWG anthology of short pieces based on songs, 2021.‘The Nursery Attendant and the Duct Maintenance Droid’, a short story in ‘Of Beasts and Butterflies’, NBWG anthology, 2019.‘The Salty’, a short story in ‘Saltwate’, NBWG anthology, 2019.‘Countdown at Quarry Lake’,a short story in ‘Noise on an Island’, NBWG anthology, 2018.‘The Guitar Wizard’, a co-authored novella and winner of ‘Best Book WABIAD Award 2017’. ‘The Final Journey’, a short story in ‘A Fearsome Engine’, NBWG anthology2016Read more about this authorRead less about this author