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Gareth L Powell

(b.1970)

Gareth L. Powell is a science fiction author from the UK. His alternate history thriller, Ack-Ack Macaque won the 2013 BSFA Award for Best Novel, spawned two sequels, and was shortlisted in the Best Translated Novel category for the 2016 Seiun Awards in Japan. His short fiction has appeared in a host of magazines and anthologies, including Interzone, Solaris Rising 3, and The Year’s Best Science Fiction, and his story ‘Ride The Blue Horse’ made the shortlist for the 2015 BSFA Award.

He lives near Bristol with his wife and two children.

Awards: BSFA (2018) see all

Genres: Science Fiction, Horror

New and upcoming books

February 2025

Future's Edge

Series

Ack-ack Macaque
   1. Ack-ack Macaque (2012)
   2. Hive Monkey (2013)
   3. Macaque Attack! (2014)

Embers of War
   1. Embers of War (2018)
   2. Fleet of Knives (2019)
   3. Light of Impossible Stars (2020)

Stars and Bones
1. Stars and Bones (2022)
2. Descendant Machine (2023)

Novels

   Silversands (2010)
   The Recollection (2011)
   Ragged Alice (2019)
   Future's Edge (2025)

Collections

   The Last Reef (2008)
   Entropic Angel (2017)
   The Last Reef: And Other Stories (2020)

Novellas and Short Stories

Light Chaser (2021) (with Peter F Hamilton)

Non fiction show

Books containing stories by Gareth L Powell

Shapers of Worlds (2020)
(Shapers of Worlds, book 1)
edited by
Edward Willett

Story Behind the Book : Volume 5 (2015)
(Story Behind the Book, book 5)
edited by
Kristijan Meic and Ivana Steiner

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-second Annual Collection (2015)
(Year's Best Science Fiction, book 32)
edited by
Gardner Dozois

More books

Awards

	2018 BSFA Award for Best Novel : Embers of War
	2013 BSFA Award for Best Novel : Ack-ack Macaque

Award nominations

	2023 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Descendant Machine
	2022 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction (nominee) : Light Chaser
	2022 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Stars and Bones
	2020 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Fleet of Knives
	2020 British Fantasy Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Ragged Alice
	2020 BSFA Award for Best Shorter Fiction (nominee) : Ragged Alice
	2020 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Light of Impossible Stars
	2019 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Embers of War
	2019 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Fleet of Knives
	2016 BSFA Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Ride the Blue Horse

Gareth L Powell recommends

Infinity Gate (2023)
(Pandominion, book 1)
M R Carey
"M.R. Carey is a master of imagination and suspense."

Full Immersion (2022)
Gemma Amor
"A brave, timely and important book."

Rosebud (2022)
Paul Cornell
"Cutting-edge science fiction from a writer at the very top of their game."

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