Curated category
English science fiction writers
- Christopher NolanChristopher Edward Nolan was born on the 30th of July 1970 in Westminster, London. His father Brendan James Nolan worked as a creative director for an…
- Mary ShelleyMary Wollstonecraft Godwin was born in Somers Town, London on the 30th of August 1797. Her mother died just eleven days after giving birth to her from…
- Rudyard KiplingRudyard Kipling was born on the 30th of December 1865 in Bombay, British India. His parents were Alice Kipling and John Lockwood Kipling.
- H. G. WellsHerbert George Wells was born at Atlas House, 162 High Street in Bromley, Kent, on the 21st of September 1866. He grew up as the fourth and last child of…
- Neil GaimanNeil Richard Gaiman was born on the 10th of November 1960 in Portchester, Hampshire. His family background traces to Polish-Jewish and other Ashkenazi…
- Arthur C. ClarkeArthur Charles Clarke was born on the 16th of December 1917 in Minehead, Somerset. He grew up nearby at Bishops Lydeard where he lived on a farm.
- Aldous HuxleyThe year 1894 marked the birth of Aldous Leonard Huxley in Godalming, Surrey. He entered a world already defined by scientific brilliance and literary fame.
- Stephen HawkingStephen William Hawking was born on the 8th of January 1942 in Oxford to Frank and Isobel Eileen Hawking. His mother came from a family of doctors in Glasgow…
- Samuel Butler (novelist)Samuel Butler was born on the 4th of December 1835 at the rectory in Langar, Nottinghamshire. His father Rev Thomas Butler had been a son of Dr Samuel Butler…
- Cavan ScottCavan Scott was born on the 18th of April 1973. He began his career writing about rural life rather than space operas or time travel.
- Michael MoorcockMichael John Moorcock arrived in Mitcham, Surrey on the 18th of December 1939. The landscape of London would later shape his fiction, particularly areas like…
- Colin WilsonColin Henry Wilson was born on the 26th of June 1931 in Leicester. His father worked in a shoe factory while his mother managed their household.
- Gary WhittaGary Leslie Whitta was born on the 21st of July 1972 in England. His professional journey began within the pages of ACE magazine, a publication dedicated to…