Alastair Reynolds was born in Barry, South Wales, in 1966. He studied at Newcastle and St Andrews Universities and has a Ph.D. in astronomy. Since 1991 he has lived in the Netherlands, near Leiden. He gave up working as an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency to become a full-time writer. Revelation space and Pushing Ice were shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award; Revelation space, Absolution Gape, Diamond Dogs and Century Rain were shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Award and Chasm City won the British Science Fiction Award.
Revelation Space Trilogy:
Revelation Space
Redemption Ark
Absolution Gap
Standalone novels:
Chasm City
Century Rain
Pushing Ice
The Prefect
House of Suns
Terminal World
Collections:
Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days
Galactic North
Zima Blue and Other Stories
