Gary Gibson (author)
| Gary Gibson | |
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| Born | 1965 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Science fiction writer (formerly graphic designer) |
| Nationality | British/Scottish |
| Alma mater | Glasgow Caledonian University |
| Notable works | Angel Stations; Against Gravity; The Shoal sequence (Stealing Light, Nova War, Empire of Light) |
| Website | |
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Gary Gibson (born in 1965) is a science fiction author from Glasgow, Scotland.
After studying Sociology, History and Politics at the Glasgow Caledonian University, Gary Gibson worked as a "small press" comics magazine editor before following courses in desktop publishing and design and subsequently freelancing as a graphic designer.
After marrying Emma, Gibson relocated to Taiwan before moving back to Glasgow in 2010.
Gary Gibson has been writing since the age of fourteen and has published eight novels to date, four of which linked to each other to form the "Shoal Sequence".
He is a member of the Glasgow Science Fiction Writers Circle.
After publishing some short stories Gary Gibson saw his first novel, Angel Stations, released in 2004 by Tor, that was nominated in 2005 by the British Fantasy Society for the award of best novel of the year, award that was eventually won by Stephen King with The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower.
He followed up the following year with Against Gravity, also nominated by the British Fantasy Society for the best novel of the year award won that year by Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys.
In 2007 Gibson published Stealing Light, the first novel of the trilogy The Shoal Sequence. The series introduced the characters of Dakota Merrick, Lucas Corso and the alien Trader-in-Faecal-Matter-of-Animals, a fish-like member of the Shoal race, who rule all inhabited space through their exclusive knowledge of the secret of faster-than-light travel. The novels involve a discovery regarding the origins of this technology. Stealing Light was followed in 2009 by Nova War, in 2010 by Empire of Light, and in 2013 by Marauder.
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