Adrian Tchaikovsky
Also known as Adrian Czajkowski
British fantasy and science fiction author of Shadows of the Apt and Children of Time.
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- Adrian Tchaikovsky is the pen name of British author Adrian Czajkowski, born in 1972.
- His fiction often deals with artificial intelligence and non-human minds.
- Children of Time won the Arthur C.
- Clarke Award in 2016.
- He worked as a legal executive in Leeds until late 2018, then became a full-time writer.
Key facts
- Born
- June 1972, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire1
- Education
- Zoology and psychology, University of Reading1
- Before writing full-time
- Legal executive at Blacks Solicitors, Leeds, until late 20181
- First novel
- Empire in Black and Gold (2008), Tor UK, the start of Shadows of the Apt1
- Awards
- Arthur C. Clarke Award (2016) for Children of Time; the Children of Time series won a Hugo Award1
- Podcast
- Starship Alexandria, with Emma Newman, launched in 20251
- Honours
- Honorary Doctorate of the Arts, University of Lincoln (2019)1
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