Gary Gibson is a science fiction

Science fiction

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 author

Author

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 from Glasgow, Scotland.

Life

After studying Sociology

Sociology

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, History

History

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 and Politics

Politics

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 at the Glasgow Caledonian University

Glasgow Caledonian University

Glasgow Caledonian University is a public university in Glasgow, Scotland.The university was constituted by an Act of Parliament on 1 April 1993 as a result of a merger between Glasgow Polytechnic and The Queen's College, Glasgow....

, Gary Gibson worked as a "small press

Small press

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" comics

Comics

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 magazine

Magazine

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 editor

Editing

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 before following courses in desktop publishing

Desktop publishing

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 and design

Graphic design

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 and subsequently freelancing

Freelancer

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 as a graphic designer.

After marrying Emma, Gibson relocated to Taiwan

Taiwan

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 before moving back to Glasgow in 2010.

Writing

Gary Gibson has been writing since the age of fourteen and has published five novels to date, three of which linked to each other to form the "Shoal Sequence".

He is a member of the Glasgow Science Fiction Writers Circle.

Publishing history

After publishing some short stories

Short story

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 Gary Gibson saw his first novel, Angel Stations, released in 2004 by Tor

Tor Books

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, that was nominated

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 in 2005 by the British Fantasy Society

British Fantasy Society

The British Fantasy Society began in 1971 as the British Weird Fantasy Society, an offshoot of the British Science Fiction Association. The society is dedicated to promoting the best in the fantasy, science fiction and horror genres....

 for the award of best novel of the year, award that was eventually won by Stephen King

Stephen King

Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...

 with The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower.

He followed up the following year with Against Gravity, also nominated by the British Fantasy Society for the best novel of the year award won that year by Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman

Neil Richard Gaiman born 10 November 1960)is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book...

's Anansi Boys

Anansi Boys

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In 2007 Gibson published Stealing Light, the first novel of the trilogy

Trilogy

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 The Shoal Sequence. The series introduced the characters

Character (arts)

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 of Dakota Merrick, Lucas Corso and the alien Trader-in-Faecal-Matter

Feces

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-of-Animals, a fish-like member of the Shoal race, who rule all inhabited space through their exclusive knowledge of the secret of faster-than-light travel. The novels involve a discovery regarding the origins of this technology. Stealing Light was followed

Sequel

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 in 2009 by Nova War, and in 2010 by Empire of Light.

In 2011 Gibson published Final Days, the first installment of "The Final Days" series.

Future projects

Gibson has finished writing his next novel titled The Thousand Emperors, the second book in "The Final Days" series. It will be published in the later summer 2012. He has started writing River of Light, a fourth book in "The Shoal Sequence".

Other activities

Gary Gibson plays guitar

Guitar

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. He also keeps a blog

Blog

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 called White Screen of Despair and a profile on Twitter

Twitter

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