Ib Svane was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was drafted to the Danish army at an age of eighteen and served in the United Nations forces in Cyprus. He has an academic education from the University of Copenhagen and Göteborg, Sweden, graduating with PhDs in zoology and marine biology. In 1998, he migrated to Australia to work at Flinders University and SARDI Aquatic Sciences in Port Lincoln. During his scientific career, he has published extensively in international scientific journals, popular magazines and elsewhere. In fiction, he has published four books.
