Simon Ings is an English novelist and science writer living in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

. He was born in July 1965 in

Horndean Horndean is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, north of Portsmouth. The nearest railway station is southeast of the village at Rowlands Castle. The village had a population of 12,942 at the 2011 Census, and shares the semi-rura ...

and educated at

Churcher's College Churcher's College is an independent, fee-charging day school for girls and boys, founded in 1722. The Senior School (ages 11–18) is in the market town of Petersfield, Hampshire with the Junior School and Nursery (ages 2 years, 9 months–11) ...

, Petersfield and at

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...

and

Birkbeck College Birkbeck, University of London (formally Birkbeck College, University of London), is a public university, public research university, located in Bloomsbury, London, England, and a constituent college, member institution of the federal Universit ...

, London. Ings has written a number of novels, short prose and articles for national newspapers. He was culture editor at ''

New Scientist ''New Scientist'' is a magazine covering all aspects of science and technology. Based in London, it publishes weekly English-language editions in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia. An editorially separate organisation publishe ...

'' for a while and as of 2021 continues to write for the magazine on cultural subjects.For example, His non-fiction book ''The Eye: A Natural History'' delved into the science of vision exploring the chemistry, physics and biology of the eye. Ings has collaborated with

M. John Harrison Michael John Harrison (born 26 July 1945), known for publication purposes primarily as M. John Harrison, is an English author and literary critic.Kelley, George. "Harrison, M(ichael) John" in Jay P. Pederson (.ed) ''St. James guide to sci ...

on short fiction including "The Dead" (1992) and "The Rio Brain". The latter was published as a separate booklet by Night Shade Books and was available only with the limited edition of Harrison's collection ''Things That Never Happen''. He has also collaborated on short fiction with Charles Stross.

Bibliography

Novels

*'' Hot Head'',

Grafton Books Grafton was a British paperback imprint established 1981 by Granada Publishing Ltd, a subsidiary of media company Granada Group Ltd. It was named after the publishing company's then address, 8 Grafton Street, in central London. Other paperback ...

, 1992, *'' City of the Iron Fish'', Collins, 1994, *''Hotwire'', Collins, 1995, *'' Headlong'', HarperCollins, 1999, *''Painkillers'', Bloomsbury, 2000, *''The Weight of Numbers'', Atlantic Books, 2006, *''Dead Water'', Corvus Books/Atlantic Books, 2010, *''Wolves'',

Gollancz Gollancz may refer to: * Gollancz (surname), a Polish-Jewish surname * Victor Gollancz Ltd, a former British publishing house, now used as an imprint by the Orion Publishing Group See also * Gołańcz Gołańcz (german: Gollantsch) is a town ...

, 2014, *''The Smoke'', Orion, 2018,

Non-fiction

*''The Eye: A Natural History'', Bloomsbury, 2007, *''A Natural History of Seeing'', W. W. Norton, 2008, *'' Stalin and the Scientists: A History of Triumph and Tragedy 1905–1953'', Faber & Faber, 2016,

Selected short fiction

*"The Braining of Mother Lamprey" (1990) *"The Black Lotus" (1993) *"Grand Prix" (1993) *"Volatile" (1995) *"Open Veins" (1997) *"Myxamatosis" (2000) *"Ménage" (2001) *"Russian Vine" (2001) *"Myxomatosis" (2001) *"Menage" (2001) *"The Convert" (2002) *"Elephant" (2003) *"The Wedding Party" (2007) *"Zoology" (2009)

References

External links

Simon Ings's own Web site

* * ttps://web.archive.org/web/20140201224219/http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/story-behind-wolves-by-simon-ings Story Behind Wolves – Online by Simon Ings 1965 births Living people People educated at Churcher's College Alumni of King's College London Alumni of Birkbeck, University of London People from Horndean English science fiction writers English male novelists English male non-fiction writers Weird fiction writers {{UK-novelist-stub