Geoff Nelder
{{short description|British freelance editor and author}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2014}}
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Geoff Nelder is a British freelance editor and author. He has written both fiction and non-fiction, and his research in the field of air pollution and climate won him a fellowship with the Royal Meteorological Society. Nelder's fictional work falls in the genres of science fiction, fantasy and thrillers, and he is known for his sci-fi series ARIA, which won him a Preditors & Editors Award for best science fiction novel. Nelder also published the sci-fi magazine Escape Velocity, which launched in 2009. Prior to moving to writing as his primary occupation, Nelder has worked as a teacher at Queens Park High School for 26 years.
In 1975 Nelder became a life member of the British Vegan Society.
In 2009 Nelder became a publisher for BeWrite Books, an independent publisher.
Awards
Bibliography
=ARIA=
=Fiction=
- Escaping Reality (2005, Brambling Books, {{ISBN|978-0954956325}})
- Dimensions, a sci-fi anthology with Robert Blevins (2006, Adventure Books of Seattle)
- Exit, Pursued by a Bee (2008, Double Dragon Publishing, {{ISBN|978-1554045945}}) now published in ebook only as Alien Exit
- Hot Air (2011, Adventure Books of Seattle)
- Escape Velocity - The Anthology, anthology with Robert Blevins (2011, Adventure Books of Seattle)
- ARIA Trilogy - Left Luggage; Returning Left Luggage; Abandoned Left Luggage (2012 - 2015, LL-Publishing)
- The Chaos of Mokii (2016, Solstice Publishing)
- Xaghra's Revenge (2018, Solstice Publishing) revised as Vengeance Island
- Incremental a collection of 25 surreal, mostly scifi short stories (2018, LL-Publishing)
- Suppose We first in the Flying Crooked scifi series. Vegan protagonist on a vegan planet (2019, LL-Publishing)
- Falling Up, Kepler's Son and Vanished Earth continue the Flying Crooked scifi series.
=Non-fiction=
- Huddersfield's Changing Climate (1977)
- Chester's Climate: past and present (1987) Republished with updates (2017)
- Cheshire from Space remote sensing pack (1992, as project manager with Keith Hilton)
- Inside Scoop (2008)
- How to Win Short Story Competitions Second edition (2018) co-written with Dave Haslett {{ISBN|978-1719861663}}
References
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{{cite web |title=Fellows |url=http://www.rmets.org/about-us/people/fellows?pageNum_frmets=2&totalRows_frmets=345 |publisher=Royal Meteorological Society |accessdate=2 January 2014}}
{{cite web |first=Matt |last=Freeman |title=BSFA member Geoff Nelder wins fiction award |url=http://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-member-geoff-nelder-wins-fiction-award/ |publisher=British Science Fiction Association |date=30 January 2013 |accessdate=2 January 2014}}
{{cite news |title=Chester author Geoff Nelder publishes first book in trilogy |url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/chester-author-geoff-nelder-publishes-2650913 |newspaper=Liverpool Daily Post |date=13 September 2012 |accessdate=2 January 2014}}
{{cite news |first=Jo |last=Henwood |title=Chester author Geoff Nelder to become publisher at BeWrite books |url=http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/chester-author-geoff-nelder-become-5220346 |newspaper=Chester Chronicle |date=23 July 2009 |accessdate=2 January 2014}}
{{cite web |first=Maggie |last=Ball |title=Book Review: ARIA: Left Luggage by Geoff Nelder |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Book-Review-ARIA-Left-Luggage-by-Geoff-Nelder-4047308.php |newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date=17 November 2012 |accessdate=2 January 2014}}
{{cite web |first=Katy |last=O'Dowd |title=Aria: Left Luggage by Geoff Nelder. Book review |url=http://www.britishfantasysociety.co.uk/reviews/aria-left-luggage-by-geoff-nelder-book-review/ |publisher=British Fantasy Society |date=10 October 2012 |accessdate=2 January 2014}}
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External links
- {{official website|http://geoffnelder.com}}
- {{official website|http://geoffnelder.wordpress.com/|Official blog}}
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Category:British alternative history writers