Stephen Baxter - Biography

"I was born in Liverpool, England, in 1957. I have degrees in mathematics, from Cambridge University, and engineering, from Southampton University. I worked as a teacher of maths and physics, and for several years in information technology. I applied to become a cosmonaut in 1991 – aiming for the guest slot on Mir eventually taken by Helen Sharman – but fell at an early hurdle. I have been a full-time author since 1995."

"I am the author of eleven published sf novels: Raft, Timelike Infinity, Anti-Ice, Flux, Ring, The Time Ships, Voyage, Titan, Moonseed, Manifold 1: Time, Manifold 2: Space, and The Light Of Other Days (with Arthur C Clarke). All of these have been published in the US, and several in Germany, Japan, France etc. My novels have won several awards including the Philip K Dick Award, the John Campbell Memorial Award, the British Science Fiction Association Award, the Kurd Lasswitz Award (Germany) and the Seiun Award (Japan) and have been nominated for several others, including the Arthur C Clarke Award, the Hugo Award and Locus awards. I have published over 100 sf short stories, several of which have won prizes."

"My novel Voyage was dramatised by Audio Movies for BBC Radio in 1999."

"My novel Timelike Infinity and my short story 'Pilot' are both currently under development for feature films."

"My TV and movie work includes development work on the BBC's Invasion: Earth and the script for Episode 3 of Space Island One, broadcast on Sky One in January 1998."

"My non-fiction includes the books Deep Future and Omegatropic."

"My next publication will be the novel Evolution (Gollancz, Nov 2002)."

Stephen Baxter
November 2001

The British Science Fiction Association

As well as being well-known as a writer, Stephen Baxter is also Vice-President of the British Science Fiction Association, the UK's national organization for readers and enthususiasts of sf.