David Guy Compton is a British science fiction author who publishes SF under the name D.G. Compton. His earlier crime novels were published under 'Guy Compton',and his Gothick novels under 'Frances Lynch'. He has also written short stories, radio plays, and a non-fiction book on stammering, its causes and cures.

Compton was born in London. He began publishing with his 1962 novel Too Many Murderers. His 1970 novel The Steel Crocodile (alternate title The Electric Crocodile) was nominated for the Nebula Award

Nebula Award

The Nebula Award is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the previous year...

, and his 1974 novel The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe was filmed as Death Watch

Death Watch

Death Watch is a 1980 science fiction film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. It is based on the novel The Unsleeping Eye by David G. Compton, also known as The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe...

by Bertrand Tavernier

Bertrand Tavernier

Bertrand Tavernier is a French director, screenwriter, actor, and producer.-Life and career:Tavernier was born in Lyon, the son of Geneviève and René Tavernier, a publicist and writer, several years president of the French PEN club. Tavernier wanted to become a filmmaker since the age of thirteen...

 during 1980. His 1968 novel Synthajoy was very similar in content to the 1983 film Brainstorm

Brainstorm (1983 film)

Brainstorm is a 1983 science fiction film directed by Douglas Trumbull and starring Christopher Walken and Natalie Wood...

He was named the 2007 Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, or SFWA is a nonprofit association of professional science fiction and fantasy writers. It was founded in 1965 by Damon Knight under the name Science Fiction Writers of America, Inc. and it retains the acronym SFWA after a very brief use of the SFFWA...

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External links

• http://www.sfwa.org/awards/2007/index.html#AuthorEmeritus