Rob Gerrand is the editor of The Best Australian Science Fiction Writing: a Fifty Year Collection. He is an Australian writer of science fiction and self-help books including Fortress, Rewrite Your Life!, Rewrite Your Relationships!. He founded the Victorian Arts Centre Magazine in 1982, and was its Editor-in-Chief until 1987. He was also a partner, with Bruce Gillespie and Carey Handfield, in the Australian publishing company Norstrilia Press, 1975-1989.