Jack Wodhams

{{Short description|British author}}

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| birth_place = Dagenham, United Kingdom

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| years_active = 1967-2015

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Jack Wodhams (1931–2017) was an English-born science fiction writer who lived in Australia from 1955 until his death. He also wrote as Trudy Rose and Caroline Edwards. Wodhams was born on 3 September 1931, in Dagenham (London) and died on 3 August 2017.[http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A20050 Austlit - Jack Wodhams]

He was first published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact in 1967 with the story There Is a Crooked Man. He was largely known for the kind of "problem oriented" stories that Analog itself is known for. These stories have been called "generally clever and often ingenious"[https://books.google.com/books?id=t-n_Dels4W4C&dq=%22There+is+a+Crooked+Man%22%2B+%22wodhams%22&pg=PA116 Strange Constellations : A History of Australian Science Fiction by Russell Blackford, Van Ikin and Sean McMullen, p117] and good on military matters,[http://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wodhams_jack The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction - Jack Wodhams] but occasionally criticised as facetious. From 1970 to 1982, he was nominated for the Ditmar Award several times.{{cite web|title="sfadb: Jack Wodhams Awards Summary" |publisher= SFADB|url=https://www.sfadb.com/Jack_Wodhams|access-date= 22 January 2025}}