Felix John Gilman (born 11 November 1974 in London) is a British writer of fantasy and

weird fiction Weird fiction is a subgenre of speculative fiction originating in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Weird fiction either eschews or radically reinterprets ghosts, vampires, werewolves, and other traditional antagonists of supernatural horr ...

. His 2007 novel ''Thunderer'' (published by

Bantam Spectra Bantam Spectra is the science fiction division of American publishing company Bantam Books, which is owned by Random House. According to their website, Spectra publishes "science fiction, fantasy, horror, and speculative novels from recogniz ...

) was nominated for the 2009

Locus Award for Best First Novel The Locus Award for Best First Novel is one of the annual Locus Awards presented by the science fiction and fantasy magazine ''Locus''. Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year. The award for Best Firs ...

, and earned him a nomination for the

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer The ''Astounding'' Award for Best New Writer (formerly the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer) is given annually to the best new writer whose first professional work of science fiction or fantasy was published within the two previous ...

in both 2009 and 2010.

Personal life

Gilman lives in New York City, where he practices law.

Bibliography

Novels

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References

External links

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Official site
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The story behind The Revolutions - Online Essay by Felix Gilman at ''Upcoming4.me''
English fantasy writers Alumni of the University of Oxford Harvard Law School alumni Living people Steampunk writers 1974 births English male novelists English expatriates in the United States 21st-century English lawyers Weird fiction writers {{sf-writer-stub