Gareth L. Powell

Who is Gareth L. Powell?

Gareth Lyn Powell, born 1970, is an English author of Science Fiction. He is the author of the novels The Recollection and Silversands, and the acclaimed short story collection The Last Reef and Other Stories. He is currently working on a new novel for Solaris Books, entitled Macaque Attack, the third volume in a trilogy inspired by his short story of the same name, which won Interzone magazine’s 2007 Readers’ Poll for best short story of the year.

As well as regularly appearing in Interzone and other magazines, Gareth’s work has also featured in a number of recent anthologies, including Future Bristol, Shine, Conflicts, Further Conflicts, StarShipSofa Stories Volume 3, and Dark Spires.

Born and brought up in the West Country, Gareth studied Humanities and Creative Writing at the University of Glamorgan. He has given guest lectures on creative writing at Bath Spa University, and has written a series of non-fiction articles on science fiction for The Irish Times.

His first four novels were favourably reviewed in The Guardian by Eric Brown.