Paul McAuley (Born 1955) Paul James McAuley was born in Gloucestershire on St George's Day, 1955. He has a Ph.D in Botany and worked as a researcher in biology at various universities, including Oxford and UCLA, and for six years was a lecturer in botany at St Andrews University, before leaving academia to write full time. He started publishing science fiction with the short story Wagon, Passing for Asimov's Science Fiction in 1984. His first novel, 400 Billion Stars won the Philip K. Dick Award in 1988, and 1995's Fairyland won the Arthur C. Clarke and John W. Campbell Awards. He has also won the British Fantasy, Sidewise and Theodore Sturgeon Awards. He lives in London. You can find his blog at: http://www.unlikelyworlds.blogspot.com
McAuley is without peer. * The Times * As usual, McAuley imparts mind-bending SF concepts in prose that is always elegant and precise. * Crime Time * Following on from the extraordinary climate change novel Austral, this is further evidence that Paul McAuley may just be the best SF writer we have. 4.5 stars * SFX * The spectacle is undeniable, but it's that rich cast of characters who give their world texture and resonance, and who finally turn War of the Maps into a fine, compelling novel. * Locus * A brilliantly constructed novel, a story that drew me in and took me along for the ride. I love the setting, want to know more about the lucidor's world and the people who live there. It's a book I'd definitely recommend * SFCrowsnest *