Geoff Nelder is a British freelance

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and author. He has written both fiction and non-fiction, and his research in the field of air pollution and climate won him a fellowship with the

Royal Meteorological Society The Royal Meteorological Society is a long-established institution that promotes academic and public engagement in weather and climate science. Fellows of the Society must possess relevant qualifications, but Associate Fellows can be lay enthus ...

. Nelder's fictional work falls in the genres of

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...

and

thrillers Thriller is a genre of fiction, having numerous, often overlapping subgenres. Thrillers are characterized and defined by the moods they elicit, giving viewers heightened feelings of suspense, excitement, surprise, anticipation and anxiety. Suc ...

, and he is known for his sci-fi series ''ARIA'', which won him a ''Preditors & Editors Award for best science fiction novel''. Nelder also published the sci-fi magazine ''Escape Velocity'', which launched in 2009. Prior to moving to writing as his primary occupation, Nelder has worked as a teacher at

Queens Park High School Queen's Park High School or QPHS is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Queens Park, Chester, England. The school symbol is the heraldic lion, and the school uniform consists of a blue blazer with a small white lion on t ...

for 26 years. In 1975 Nelder became a life member of the British Vegan Society. In 2009 Nelder became a publisher for ''BeWrite Books'', an independent publisher.

Awards

*''Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society, Master of Science (Sheffield), Bachelor of Education'' *''Preditors & Editors Award for best science fiction novel'' (''ARIA: Left Luggage'') (2013, won)

Bibliography

ARIA

*''Left Luggage'' (2012, LL-Publications, ) *''Returning Left Luggage'' (2013, LL-Publications, ) *''Abandoned Luggage'' (TBA)

Fiction

*''Escaping Reality'' (2005, Brambling Books, ) *''Dimensions'', a sci-fi anthology with Robert Blevins (2006, Adventure Books of Seattle) *''Exit, Pursued by a Bee'' (2008,

Double Dragon Publishing Double Dragon Publishing is a Canadian-based publisher specializing in e-book format publication. Founded by Dee Douglas in 2000, the company claims the largest collection of titles in the science fiction and fantasy categories currently in print ...

, ) *''Hot Air'' (2011, Adventure Books of Seattle) *''Escape Velocity - The Anthology'', anthology with Robert Blevins (2011, Adventure Books of Seattle) *''ARIA Trilogy - Left Luggage; Returning Left Luggage; Abandoned Left Luggage (2012 - 2015, LL-Publishing)'' *''The Chaos of Mokii (2016, Solstice Publishing)'' *''Xaghra's Revenge'' (2018, Solstice Publishing)'' *''Incremental'' a collection of 25 surreal, mostly scifi short stories (2018, LL-Publishing)'' *''Suppose We'' first in the Flying Crooked scifi series. Vegan protagonist on a vegan planet (2019, LL-Publishing)

Non-fiction

*''Huddersfield's Changing Climate'' (1977) *''Chester's Climate: past and present'' (1987) Republished with updates (2017) *''Cheshire from Space remote sensing pack'' (1992, as project manager with Keith Hilton) *''Inside Scoop'' (2008) *''How to Win Short Story Competitions Second edition'' (2018) co-written with Dave Haslett

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