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Garry Kilworth

A widely traveled British craftsman, decorated for short fiction, who roams freely from hard SF to myth.

Garry Kilworth is an award-winning British author of science fiction, fantasy, and historical fiction, a former RAF cryptographer whose wide travels infuse his work with a strong sense of place. A winner of both the British Science Fiction Award and the World Fantasy Award, he is especially admired for his elegant short fiction, alongside novels and the Polynesian-inspired Navigator Kings sequence.

Kilworth writes with literary polish and remarkable range, moving from rigorous SF to animal fantasy to richly textured myth-based adventure, always with a craftsman's eye for detail and atmosphere. Expect intelligent, beautifully written speculative fiction that resists easy categorization. For readers who value craft and breadth — a writer equally at home with a hard-SF premise and a story drawn from the world's folklore — Kilworth is a distinguished and rewarding voice, particularly worth seeking out for his celebrated shorter work.

What to expect
  • For readers who want literary, wide-ranging SF
  • Award-winning short fiction and Navigator Kings
  • Craft and atmosphere across many modes
23 books in our directoryGenres: Space Opera, Soft SF / Social SF, Cyberpunk
G: 1PG-13: 12PG: 3R: 7
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