The Rift (Allan Novel)
''The Rift'' is a 2017 science fiction and literary fiction novel by English writer Nina Allan. It was first published in July 2017 in the United Kingdom as a Paperback#Trade, trade paperback by Titan Books. It is the second book of a two-book deal Allan signed with Titan in 2015; the first is the second edition of her debut novel, ''The Race (Allan novel), The Race'', published in 2016. The novel is about two sisters, Selena and Julie, who become separated when Julie disappears. Twenty years later she returns, claiming to have been on another planet, and Selena is conflicted over whether to believe Julie's story or not. ''The Rift'' was generally well received by critics. It won two awards, the 2018 BSFA Award for Best Novel, British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel, and the 2018 Red Tentacle, Red Tentacle Award for Best Novel, and was nominated for the 2018 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. ''The Rift'' was translated into French by ...
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Nina Allan
Nina Allan (born 27 May 1966) is a British writer of speculative fiction. She has published four collections of short stories, a novella and two novels. Her stories have appeared in the magazines '' Interzone'', ''Black Static'' and ''Crimewave'' and have been nominated for or won a number of awards, including the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire and the British Science Fiction Association Award. Allan was born in Whitechapel, in the East End of London, and grew up in the Midlands and in West Sussex. She studied Russian language and literature at the University of Reading and the University of Exeter, and then did an MLitt at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. After leaving Oxford she worked as a buyer for an independent chain of record stores based in Exeter, and then as a bookseller in London. Her first published story appeared in the British Fantasy Society journal ''Dark Horizons'' in 2002. She lived in the Taw Valley area of North Devon but now lives on Isle of Bute. Her column ...
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