John Meaney

Meaney grew up in London and Slough, England with his brother Colm (who is not the same as the Star Trek actor Colm Meaney). He has studied martial arts since childhood and has a black belt in shotokan karate. Meaney originally studied at Birmingham University and holds a combined degree in Physics and Computer Science from the Open University. He has done postgraduate work at Oxford University and is a part-time IT consultant.

Meaney's science fiction began appearing in 1992 with "Spring Rain" in the July 1992 issue of Interzone. His novelette "Sharp Tang" was shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Association Award in 1995. His first novel, To Hold Infinity, was published to critical acclaim in 1998.{{cite journal|title=To Hold Infinity|journal=Publishers Weekly|volume=253|number=29|date=24 July 2006|page=41}} Along with his second novel, Paradox, it was on the BSFA shortlists for Best Novel in 2001{{cite journal|last1=Kincaid|first1=P|year=2001|title=UK report: SF, Fantasy & Horror's Monthly Trade Journal|journal=Science Fiction Chronicle|volume=22|number=5|page=6}}{{cite journal|title=Paradox: Book One of the Nulapeiron Sequence|journal=Publishers Weekly|volume=252|number=8|date=21 February 2005|page=162}} and 1999 respectively. To Hold Infinity was also selected as one of the Daily Telegraph's "Books of the Year".{{cn|date=September 2024}} Bone Song represented a change from his first four novels, being a blend of crime and fantasy rather than science fiction.{{cite news|title=Review: Books: Fiction: Fantasy: Bone Song , by John Meaney|newspaper=The Guardian|date=10 March 2007|page=16}} By 2006, he had published over a dozen short pieces.{{cn|date=September 2024}} His works have been considered to be influenced by cyberpunk.{{cite book|last1=Bould|first1=M|year=2005|title=‘Cyberpunk’, in A Companion to Science Fiction|place=Oxford, UK|publisher=Blackwell Publishing|pages=217–231|doi=10.1002/9780470997055.ch15}} He was described by The Times as "the first important new SF writer of the 21st Century".{{cite journal|title=PyrÔ Imprint Announces Debut List: SF, Fantasy & Horror's Monthly Trade Journal|year=2004|journal=Science Fiction Chronicle|volume=26|number=10|page=4}}

• To Hold Infinity (Bantam/Transworld, 1998)
• The Whisper of Disks (Interzone, October 2002)

Source:{{cite journal|title=John Meaney: Resolution|journal=The Bookseller|number=5208|date=9 December 2005|page=31}}

1. Paradox (Bantam/Transworld, 2000)
2. Context (Bantam/Transworld, 2002)
3. Resolution (Bantam/Transworld, 2005)

1. Bone Song (Gollancz/Orion, 2007)
2. Dark Blood (Gollancz/Orion, 2008) - released as Black Blood in the US in 2009
3. Tristopolis Requiem (Self published, 2018)

1. Absorption (Gollancz/Orion, 2010)
2. Transmission (Gollancz/Orion, 2012)
3. Resonance (Gollancz/Orion, 2013)

1. Edge (Angry Robot, 2010)
2. Point (Angry Robot, 2011)

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• {{Official|http://www.johnmeaney.com/}}
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• [http://www.sfsite.com/10a/jm137.htm 2002 Sfsite.com interview with John Meaney]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060507104105/http://www.slovobooks.com/phoenix/phoenix_2003/guest_profile_meaney.html Meaney's 2003 Phoenix Convention profile]

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