China Miéville

China Miéville is a British author, academic, and political activist, widely regarded as one of the most important speculative fiction writers of his generation. He won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel for Embassytown (2012) and the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel twice (for The City & the City in 2010 and Kraken in 2011). He has also won the Arthur C. Clarke Award three times and the British Fantasy Award. Born in Norwich, England, Miéville studied social anthropology at Cambridge and holds a PhD in international relations from the London School of Economics. His fiction is associated with the 'New Weird' movement—a genre that blends horror, fantasy, SF, and radical political themes. His works include Perdido Street Station, The Scar, Iron Council, The City & the City, Embassytown, and Railsea. Miéville is a committed socialist and has written extensively on Marxism and fiction. He lives in London and continues to be one of the most prominent voices in contemporary speculative fiction.