Gwyneth Jones. Gwyneth Jones (born February 14, 1952) is an English science fiction and fantasy writer and critic, and a young adult/children's writer under the name Ann Halam.
Jones was born in Manchester, England. Education at a convent school was followed by an undergraduate degree in European history of ideas at the University of Sussex. She has written for younger readers since 1980 under the pseudonym Ann Halam and, under that name, has published more than twenty novels. In 1984 Divine Endurance, a science fiction novel for adults, was published under her own name. She continues to write using these two names for the respective audiences. Colin Greenland. Colin Greenland (born 17 May 1954 in Dover, Kent, England) is a British science fiction writer, whose first story won the second prize in a 1982 Faber & Faber competition.
His best-known novel is Take Back Plenty (1990), winner of both major British science fiction awards, the 1990 British SF Association award and the 1991 Arthur C. Clarke Award,[1] as well as being a nominee for the 1992 Philip K. Dick Award for the best original paperback published that year in the US. His partner is Susanna Clarke, with whom he has lived since 1996. He is good friends with Neil Gaiman, and is frequently cited among Gaiman's acknowledgments pages. Bibliography[edit] Brian Stableford. Brian Michael Stableford (born 25 July 1948) is a British science fiction writer who has published more than 70 novels.
His earlier books were published under the name Brian M. Stableford, but more recent ones have dropped the middle initial and appeared under the name Brian Stableford.[1] He has also used the pseudonym Brian Craig for a couple of very early works, and again for a few more recent works. The pseudonym derives from the first names of himself and of a school friend from the 1960s, Craig A. Garry Kilworth. Garry Douglas Kilworth (born 5 July 1941 in York, England) is a fantasy and historical novelist.
Kilworth was raised partly in Aden, South Arabia, the son of an airman. Having an itinerant father he travelled widely, both in Britain and abroad, and attended over 20 different schools before the age of 15. He later went to military school and subsequently was himself in the Royal Air Force for 18 years. Christopher Priest. Priest has been strongly influenced by the science fiction of H.
G. Wells and in 2006 was appointed Vice-President of the international H. G. Wells Society. Christopher Evans. Christopher Evans (born 1951) is a British science fiction writer and children's author.
His novels include Capella's Golden Eyes (1980), The Insider (1981), Mortal Remains (1995) and Ice Tower (2000). He is the co-editor (with Robert Holdstock) of three original SF anthologies, Other Edens (1987), Other Edens II (1988) and Other Edens III (1989). Evans won the BSFA award for the 1993 novel Aztec Century, which Iain M. Banks described as 'intelligent, finely written, and towards the end, absolutely nail-biting.' In addition to his works for younger readers (often written under a pseudonym), he also provided the tie-in novelisation for Joe Dante's Oscar-winning feature film Innerspace, (produced by Steven Spielberg).
His book Omega, an alternate history thriller, was released by PS Publishing in 2008. Hood's Army (as Nathan Elliott) Jennifer Rohn. Jennifer Leigh Rohn (born 1967 in Stow, Ohio[3]) is an American scientist and novelist.
She is a cell biologist at University College London,[4] editor of the webzine LabLit.com[5][6] and founder of the Science is Vital organization that campaigns against cuts to the public funding of science in the UK.[2][7] Education[edit] Rohn graduated from Oberlin College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology in 1990.
Following this Rohn was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1996 from the University of Washington for work on Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV).[1] Publications[edit] Awards[edit] In 2011, Rohn won the inaugural Research Fortnight "Achiever of the Year" award,[19] and received the Society for Experimental Biology's President's Medal in the Education and Public Affairs Section.[20] Ian R. MacLeod. Ian R.
Adam Roberts. For other people with this name, see Adam Roberts.
Adam Charles Roberts (born 30 June 1965)[1] is an academic, critic and novelist. He also writes parodies under the pseudonyms of A.R.R.R. Robert Holdstock. Robert Paul Holdstock (2 August 1948 – 29 November 2009) was an English novelist and author best known for his works of Celtic, Nordic, Gothic and Pictish fantasy literature, predominantly in the fantasy subgenre of mythic fiction.
Holdstock's writing was first published during 1968. His science fiction and fantasy works explore philosophical, psychological, anthropological, spiritual, and woodland themes. He received three BSFA awards and won the World Fantasy Award in the category of Best Novel of 1985. Biography[edit] Writings[edit] During the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s Holdstock wrote many fantasy and science fiction novels along with a number of short stories, most of which were published under a pseudonym. In 1980 Holdstock co-wrote Tour of the Universe with Malcolm Edwards. Holdstock's breakthrough novel Mythago Wood was published in 1984. Charles Stross. Doris Lessing. Alasdair Gray.
Gray's works combine elements of realism, fantasy, and science fiction, plus clever use of typography and his own illustrations. He has also written on politics, in support of socialism and Scottish independence, and on the history of English literature. He has been described by author Will Self as "a creative polymath with an integrated politico-philosophic vision",[5] and as "a great writer, perhaps the greatest living in this archipelago today"[6] and by himself as "a fat, spectacled, balding, increasingly old Glasgow pedestrian".[7] China Miéville. China Tom Miéville (/ˈtʃaɪnə miˈeɪvəl/; born 6 September 1972) is an English fantasy fiction author, comic writer and academic.
He is fond of describing his fiction as "weird fiction" (after early 20th-century pulp and horror writers such as H. P. Lovecraft), and belongs to a loose group of writers sometimes called New Weird.
Jon Courtenay Grimwood. Science Fiction.