Eric Brown

Eric Brown was a British science fiction author and critic for The Guardian. Born in Haworth, Yorkshire, in May 1960, he began writing in 1975. He traveled extensively in Greece and Asia in the 1980s, and some of his novels are set in India. His first publication was a children's play in 1982. His career gained momentum in the late 1980s with short stories in Interzone and other publications. He won the BSFA Award twice for his short stories and was voted Best New European SF writer of the Year in the early 1990s. Brown's fiction often explored themes of contact between humankind and alien races, with a focus on the human aspect of the stories. He also wrote crime fiction, including the Langham and Dupré cozy crime series, and books for young readers. Brown died from sepsis on March 21, 2023, at the age of 62.