Neil Williamson (1968-) was born in Motherwell, Scotland. He is a resident of Glasgow, Scotland, and is the author of The Ephemera (Elastic Press, 2006; Infinity Plus Books, 2011) which was shortlisted for 2007 British Fantasy Award for best collection, and co-editor (with Andrew J Wilson) of Nova Scotia: New Scottish Speculative Fiction (Crescent Books, 2005) which was shortlisted for the 2006 World Fantasy Award. His short story, Arrhythmia (from Music For Another World, Mutation Press, 2010) was shortlisted for the 2011 British Science Fiction Award.