David Walton (born October 26, 1975) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer living in Philadelphia. His novel ''Terminal Mind'' won the 2008

Philip K. Dick Award The Philip K. Dick Award is an American science fiction award given annually at Norwescon and sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and (since 2005) the Philip K. Dick Trust. Named after science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, ...

for the best paperback science fiction novel published in the United States, in a tie with Adam-Troy Castro's novel ''Emissaries from the Dead''.

Career

After years of short story writing, Walton published his award-winning novel ''Terminal Mind'' in 2008, followed by ''Quintessence'' and its sequel ''Quintessence Sky'' in 2013 and ''Superposition'' and its sequel ''Supersymmetry'' in 2015. The rights to a TV adaptation of the ''Superposition'' series was sold in late 2015.

Awards

* 2018 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel - for "The Genius Plague" * 2009

(tie) - for best original paperback of the year "Terminal Mind" * 2008

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Memorial Award - for short story "Letting Go"

Bibliography

Novels

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Short fiction

;Stories * "Anyone Can Whistle", Electric Wine, 2001 * "All About Eventualities", Neverworlds, 2002 * "Hands", Aoife's Kiss, 2004 * "All The Rage This Year", All The Rage This Year, Phobos Books, 2004 * "No Forwarding Address", Anotherealm, 2005 * "The Problem of Friction", Lenox Avenue, 2005 * "Diamond Dust", Futurismic, 2005 * "Anyone Can Whistle", Escape Pod, 2006 * "Rival of Mars",

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, 2006 * "The Towers of St. Michael's", Futurismic, 2007 * "When Peace and Redemption Collide", Continuum SF, 2007 * "Raven Crumbling", Fantastical Visions anthology, 2007 * "Mattie's Cougar", Touched by Wonder anthology, Meadowhawk Press, 2007 * "Permission to Speak Freely",

, 2007 * "Rings of Jupiter", Talebones, 2008 * "Letting Go", Jim Baen's Universe, Cosmos, 2008 * "Dragonfly Savior", Fantastical Visions anthology, 2009

Critical studies and reviews of Walton's work

;''Superposition'' *

References

External links

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Interview at Tor.com
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The story behind Quintessence - Online Essay by David Walton
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