Adam Roberts

Adam Roberts studied at University of Cambridge and University of Aberdeen. The recorded working language is British English. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are science fiction. Employment is recorded with Royal Holloway, University of London. Works named in the authority record are Salt and Gradisil. Distinctions recorded are John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, BSFA Award for Best Novel and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

• Name — Adam Roberts • Pen Name — A.R.R.R. Roberts A3R Roberts Don Brine • Birth Name — Adam Roberts • Born — 30 June 1965 • Birthplace — London, United Kingdom • Occupation — Academic, critic, writer • Citizenship — British • Education — PhD • Alma Mater — University of Aberdeen Cambridge University • Genre — Science fiction, fantasy, parody • Notable Works — Salt, Gradisil, Yellow Blue Tibia, By Light Alone, Jack Glass • Awards — 2010 Yellow Blue Tibia

Born in London, Roberts has a degree in English from the University of Aberdeen and a Ph.D. from Cambridge University on Robert Browning and the Classics. He teaches English literature and creative writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. Adam Roberts has been nominated three times for the Arthur C. Clarke Award: in 2001 for his debut novel, Salt, in 2007 for Gradisil and in 2010 for Yellow Blue Tibia. He won both the 2012 BSFA Award for Best Novel, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, for Jack Glass. It was further shortlisted for The Kitschies Red Tentacle award. His short story "Tollund" was nominated for the 2014 Sidewise Award. On his website, Roberts states that an ongoing project of his is to write a short story in every science fiction sub-genre. In May 2014, Roberts gave the second annual Tolkien Lecture at Pembroke College, Oxford, speaking on the topic of women in The Lord of the Rings. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2018.

• Salt (2000) • On (2001) • Stone (2002) • Polystom (2003) • The Snow (2004) • Gradisil (2006) • Land of the Headless (2007) • Splinter (2007) • Swiftly: A Novel (2008) • Yellow Blue Tibia: A Novel (2009) • New Model Army (2010) • By Light Alone (2011) • Jack Glass (2012) • Twenty Trillion Leagues Under the Sea (2014) • Bête (2014) • The Thing Itself (2015) • The Real-Town Murders (2017) • By the Pricking of Her Thumb (2018) • Haven (2018) • The Black Prince (2018) • Purgatory Mount (2021) • The This (2022) • The Death of Sir Martin Malprelate (2023) • Lake of Darkness (2024) • Frankenstein Rex (2026)

• Park Polar (2002) • Jupiter Magnified (2003) • Anticopernicus (2011) • Bethany (2016) • The Lake Boy (2018) • The Man Who Would Be Kling (2019) • The Compelled (2020) • Stealing for the Sky (2022) • The Midas Rain (2023) • High (2024) • The Swoon (2024)

• The Soddit (2003, The Hobbit) • The McAtrix Derided (2004, The Matrix) • The Sellamillion (2004, The Silmarillion) • Star Warped (2005, Star Wars) • The Va Dinci Cod (2005, The Da Vinci Code) • Doctor Whom: E.T. Shoots and Leaves (2006, Doctor Who) • I am Scrooge: A Zombie Story for Christmas (2009, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol). • The Dragon with the Girl Tattoo (2010, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) • I, Soddit: The Autobiography (2013, The Hobbit)

• Wodwo Vergil (2018)

• Get Started in: Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy (2014)

• "S-Bomb" in Riffing on Strings: Creative Writing Inspired by String Theory (2008) • "Trademark Bugs: A Legal History", Reach for Infinity (2014) • Swiftly: Stories (2004) • Adam Robots (2013) • Saint Rebor (2015) • "The Martian Waste Land", Scarlet Traces (2019) • "Chrononavirus", Cwej: Springs Eternal (2026)