Author Bios

Aldous Wright is the author of Myriad, a science fiction novel published through a small press that has attracted attention within the genre community for its ambitious conceptual premises and its willingness to engage with complex philosophical and cosmological questions. Detailed biographical information about Wright is limited, as is the case with a number of…

Chris Panatier is an American author whose science fiction debut demonstrated an unusual combination of absurdist humour and genuine emotional engagement, drawing comparisons to the work of Douglas Adams while establishing a voice that is distinctively his own. He is a practising attorney based in Dallas, Texas, and writes fiction alongside his legal career. His…

Ever Dundas is a Scottish author whose fiction occupies a distinctive space between literary fiction, speculative dystopia, and dark satire, and whose debut novel announced a genuinely original and challenging new voice in British speculative writing. They are based in Scotland and their work engages directly with Scottish culture, landscape, and political identity while projecting…

Jasmine Gower is an American fantasy author whose debut novel combined the aesthetics of the Jazz Age with a richly imagined secondary world to create a fantasy that stands somewhat apart from the mainstream of contemporary epic or urban fantasy. She is based in the United States and brings to her fiction a deep enthusiasm…

Alex Thomson is a British author whose debut novel brought a fresh and distinctly European perspective to science fiction, drawing on his experience living and working in France to construct a near-future scenario that feels both specific and unsettling. He has worked as a translator and has a deep engagement with French language and culture,…

Matthew De Abaitua is a British science fiction author and creative writing lecturer whose work occupies an unusual position in contemporary SF — deeply literary in its ambitions and methods, but firmly committed to the genre’s speculative possibilities rather than retreating to the safety of mainstream realism. He studied English at Exeter University and has…

K.C. Alexander is an American science fiction author whose debut novel brought a distinctive voice — aggressive, visceral, and unapologetically transgressive — to near-future cyberpunk science fiction. She is based in the United States and has been involved in the science fiction community as both a writer and a vocal commentator on genre politics. Her…

Tim Pratt is an American science fiction and fantasy author, editor, and poet whose prolific output across multiple formats and genres has made him one of the more versatile and consistently entertaining writers in contemporary speculative fiction. He has published dozens of novels and short story collections, worked as a senior editor at Locus magazine…

Carrie Patel is an American fantasy author who worked as a narrative designer at Obsidian Entertainment — the video game studio responsible for titles including Pillars of Eternity and The Outer Worlds — before and during her career as a novelist, and whose gaming background is evident in the carefully constructed mystery structures and richly…

Tristan Palmgren is an American science fiction author whose debut novel brought a distinctive philosophical and historical intelligence to space opera, immediately establishing him as a writer with ambitions beyond the genre’s entertainment baseline. He has a background in history and his deep engagement with historiography — the study of how history is written, constructed,…