Eugene Byrne (born 25 February 1959) is an English freelance journalist and fiction writer. His novel ''ThigMOO'', and the story it was based on, were nominated for the

BSFA award The BSFA Awards are literary awards presented annually since 1970 by the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) to honour works in the genre of science fiction. Nominees and winners are chosen based on a vote of BSFA members. More recently, m ...

. His story "HMS Habakkuk" was nominated for a

Sidewise Award for Alternate History The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History were established in 1995 to recognize the best alternate history stories and novels of the year. Overview The awards take their name from the 1934 short story "Sidewise in Time" by Murray Leinster, in wh ...

. He was born in

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in the Republic of Ireland, but was brought up in

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, Somerset. He attended Dr Morgan's Grammar School,

Bridgwater Bridgwater is a large historic market town and civil parish in Somerset, England. Its population currently stands at around 41,276 as of 2022. Bridgwater is at the edge of the Somerset Levels, in level and well-wooded country. The town lies alon ...

where he met

Kim Newman Kim James Newman (born 31 July 1959) is an English journalist, film critic and fiction writer. Recurring interests visible in his work include film history and horror fiction—both of which he attributes to seeing Tod Browning's ''Dracula (1931 ...

. He was a contributing editor to ''

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'' magazine. In 2006, as part of

Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...

Isambard Kingdom Brunel Isambard Kingdom Brunel (; 9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859) was a British civil engineer who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history," "one of the 19th-century engineering giants," and "one ...

bicentennial celebrations, he wrote ''Isambard Kingdom Brunel: A Graphic Biography'' with artist Simon Gurr.

Novels

* ''

Back in the USSA ''Back in the USSA'' is a 1997 collection of seven short stories by English writers Eugene Byrne and Kim Newman, which was published by Mark V. Ziesing Books. The title is a reference to the song " Back in the U.S.S.R." by The Beatles. The stor ...

'' (1997), co-written with

;

fix-up A fix-up (or fixup) is a novel created from several short fiction stories that may or may not have been initially related or previously published. The stories may be edited for consistency, and sometimes new connecting material, such as a frame s ...

comprising short stories first published in ''Interzone'' magazine * ''Thigmoo'' (1999) * ''Things Unborn'' (2001)

Non-fiction

* ''Isambard Kingdom Brunel: A Graphic Biography'', with artist Simon Gurr (2006) * ''The Bristol Story: A Graphic and (Mostly) True History of the Greatest City in the World!'', with artist Simon Gurr (2008) * ''Darwin: A Graphic Biography'', with artist Simon Gurr (2009)

References

External links

Author's website
* Living people People from Burnham-on-Sea People from Waterford (city) English male journalists 21st-century English novelists British alternative history writers English science fiction writers 1959 births English male novelists 21st-century English male writers {{England-novelist-stub