“At the forefront of science fiction.” - SF Book Reviews

Born and brought up in the West of England, Gareth L. Powell studied English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Glamorgan, where he was fortunate to list the poet and novelist Helen Dunmore as one of his tutors. He has since gone on to give guest lectures on creative writing at Bath Spa University, and has written non-fiction articles on science fiction for The Irish Times, SFX Magazine, and Bristol Review of Books.

Gareth is the author of the novels The Recollection and Silversands, both of which were favourably reviewed in The Guardian, and the short story collection The Last Reef, which was described by Morpheus Tales as “One of the finest collections of SF short stories I have had the privilege of reading” .

He is currently working on a new novel for Solaris Books, entitled Ack-Ack Macaque, inspired by his short story of the same name, which won Interzone magazine’s Readers’ Poll for best short story of 2007.

As well as appearing regularly in Interzone and other magazines, Gareth’s work has also featured in a number of recent anthologies, including Future Bristol, Shine, Conflicts, Further Conflicts, StarShipSofa Stories Volume 3,  and Dark Spires.

Gareth is a popular and amusing guest at conventions and other literary and genre events, and will be one of the Guests of Honour at BristolCon in October 2012.

When not writing fiction, Gareth works as a freelance copywriter, and lives near Bristol with his wife and two children.

As a teenager, he once had coffee with Diana Wynne Jones, and still has the handwritten notes she made on one of his early short stories.

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Gareth is represented by the John Jarrold Literary Agency

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Contact Gareth by email here.

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