Aleksandar Žiljak (born 19 June 1963) is a

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and

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writer and illustrator from

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. In 2006, he co-edited ''Ad Astra'', an anthology of

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SF stories, which covers period from 1976 to 2006, and he co-edits Croatian literary SF journal ''Ubiq''. Žiljak is the winner of five SFERA Awards, three for Best Story and two for Best Illustration. His story "An Evening In The City Coffeehouse, With Lydia On My Mind" was included in ''The Apex Book of World SF'' (2009).

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