Adam Roberts is a writer of science fiction novels and stories, as well as Professor of Nineteenth-century Literature in English at Royal Holloway, University of London. His novels and short stories have been nominated for and won numerous awards, including the Arthur C. Clarke award, the British Science Fiction Association award, the John W. Campbell award and the Kitschies' Red Tentacle.
Adam is also a columnist for the Guardian and a prolific critic. He has published more than twenty novels, a number of academic works on both 19th century poetry and SF, stories, parodies, bits, pieces, this and that.