Robert Charles Wilson
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Robert Charles Wilson (born 1953) is a science fiction author. Wilson was born in the U.S. state of California and grew up in Canada, and his work has won the Hugo Award (for the novel Spin), the John W. Campbell Memorial Award (for the novel The Chronoliths), multiple Aurora Awards (for the novels Blind Lake and Darwinia, and the short work "The Perseids"), and the Philip K. Dick Award (for the novel Mysterium). He currently lives in Concord, Ontario, just north of Toronto. In addition to the novels listed below, he is the author of the short-story collection The Perseids. His first publication was in Analog Science Fiction under the name Bob Chuck Wilson. A literate and thoughtful writer, he combines sensitive, nuanced characterization with mind-bogglingly big hard-SF ideas, resulting in his books often being New York Times Notable Books of the Year.
Wilson's literary agent is Shawna McCarthy, and his most recent books (including Blind Lake and Spin) have been edited by Teresa Nielsen Hayden of Tor Books (Tom Doherty Associates).
Wilson is also the father of actor Rainn Wilson.
[edit] Novels
- A Hidden Place (1986)
- Memory Wire (1987)
- Gypsies (1988)
- The Divide (1990)
- A Bridge of Years (1991)
- The Harvest (1992)
- Mysterium (1994)
- Darwinia (1998)
- Bios (1999)
- The Chronoliths (2001)
- Blind Lake (2003)
- Spin (2005) On August 30, 2006 won the Hugo Award for Best Novel.
On October 12th, 2006, "Spin" also won the Geffen Award as the Best Translated SF Novel in Israel for 2006
[edit] External links
- Robert Charles Wilson at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- BIOS , a Robert Charles Wilson fan page with latest news.
- Robert Charles Wilson, the official webpage.
