Simon Ings

Simon Ings is an English novelist and science writer living in London. He was born in July 1965 in Horndean and educated at Churcher's College,^[1] Petersfield and at King's College London and Birkbeck College, London.

He has written a number of novels, short prose and articles for national newspapers^[2]. His non-fiction book 'The Eye: A Natural History' delved into the science of vision exploring the chemistry, physics and biology of the eye.

Bibliography

Novels

• Hot Head, Grafton Books, 1992, ISBN 0-586-21496-8
• City of the Iron Fish, Collins, 1994, ISBN 0-00-647653-8
• Hotwire, Collins, 1995, ISBN 0-00-647724-0
• Headlong, HarperCollins, 1999, ISBN 0-00-647725-9
• Painkillers, Bloomsbury, 2000, ISBN 0-7475-4787-4
• The Weight of Numbers, Atlantic Books, 2006, ISBN 1-84354-463-6
• Dead Water, Corvus Books/Atlantic Books, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84887-888-4

Non-fiction

• The Eye: A Natural History, Bloomsbury, 2007, ISBN 978-0747578055

Short fiction of note

• "The Braining of Mother Lamprey" (1990)
• "The Black Lotus" (1993)
• "Grand Prix" (1993)
• "Volatile" (1995)
• "Open Veins" (1997)
• "Myxamatosis" (2000)
• "Ménage" (2001)
• "Russian Vine" (2001)
• "Myxomatosis" (2001)
• "Menage" (2001)
• "The Convert" (2002)
• "Elephant" (2003)
• "The Wedding Party" (2007)
• "Zoology" (2009)

Future releases

• Dead Water, Corvus, 2011, ISBN 978-1848878884

References

1. ^ Churcher's College List 1976-77
2. ^ Guardian Online http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/simonings

External links

• Simon Ings's own Web site
• Calgary Herald Interview
• Simon Ings at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database