Simon Ings

Simon Ings is an English novelist and science writer living in London. He was born in July 1965 in Horndean and educated at Churcher's College,^[1] Petersfield and at King's College London and Birkbeck College, London.

He has written a number of novels, short prose and articles for national newspapers.^[2] His non-fiction book The Eye: A Natural History delved into the science of vision exploring the chemistry, physics and biology of the eye.

Ings has collaborated with M. John Harrison on short fiction including "The Dead" (1992) and "The Rio Brain". The latter was published as a separate booklet by Night Shade Books and was available only with the limited edition of Harrison's collection Things That Never Happen.

He has also collaborated on short fiction with Charles Stross.

Bibliography

Novels

• Hot Head, Grafton Books, 1992, ISBN 0-586-21496-8
• City of the Iron Fish, Collins, 1994, ISBN 0-00-647653-8
• Hotwire, Collins, 1995, ISBN 0-00-647724-0
• Headlong, HarperCollins, 1999, ISBN 0-00-647725-9
• Painkillers, Bloomsbury, 2000, ISBN 0-7475-4787-4
• The Weight of Numbers, Atlantic Books, 2006, ISBN 1-84354-463-6
• Dead Water, Corvus Books/Atlantic Books, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84887-888-4
• Wolves, Gollancz, 2014, ISBN 978-0-575-11973-4

Non-fiction

• The Eye: A Natural History, Bloomsbury, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7475-7805-5

Short fiction of note

• "The Braining of Mother Lamprey" (1990)
• "The Black Lotus" (1993)
• "Grand Prix" (1993)
• "Volatile" (1995)
• "Open Veins" (1997)
• "Myxamatosis" (2000)
• "Ménage" (2001)
• "Russian Vine" (2001)
• "Myxomatosis" (2001)
• "Menage" (2001)
• "The Convert" (2002)
• "Elephant" (2003)
• "The Wedding Party" (2007)
• "Zoology" (2009)

References

1. Churcher's College List 1976–77
2. "Simon Ings: Profile". The Guardian Online. Retrieved 13 November 2015.

External links

• Simon Ings's own Web site
• Calgary Herald Interview
• Simon Ings at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Story Behind Wolves – Online by Simon Ings