Graham Sleight (born 1972) is a British writer, editor and critic, specialising in

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and

science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...

. He is Head of Governance and Contracts at the

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, and editor of the science fiction peer-reviewed literary magazine, '' Foundation''. His criticism has appeared in ''

Strange Horizons ''Strange Horizons'' is an online magazine, online speculative fiction magazine. It also features speculative poetry and non-fiction in every issue, including reviews, essays, interviews, and roundtables. History and profile It was launched in S ...

'', ''

The New York Review Of Science Fiction ''The New York Review of Science Fiction'' is a monthly literary magazine of science fiction that was established in 1988. It includes works of science fiction criticism, essays, and in-depth critical reviews of new works of fiction and scholarsh ...

'', and ''

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''. He also writes a column for '' Locus''. Several volumes in the Gollancz SF Masterworks series contain introductions written by Sleight. In 2005 and 2006, he was a judge of the Arthur C. Clarke Award. He is Managing Editor of the third edition of ''

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'' (''SFE'') is an English language reference work on science fiction, first published in 1979. It has won the Hugo Award, Hugo, Locus Award, Locus and BSFA Award, British SF Awards. Two print editions appea ...

(SFE3)''. The 2012

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for Best Related Work was given to the ''SFE3''. Sleight accepted the award from emcee

John Scalzi John Michael Scalzi II (born May 10, 1969) is an American science fiction author and former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He is best known for his ''Old Man's War'' series, three novels of which have been n ...

on behalf of the editors, saying, "We set out to build this really for the whole of the SF community... for any and all who are hungry for information about science fiction." Sleight frequently writes about ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...

''. He co-edited ''The Unsilent Library'', a book of essays about the

Russell T Davies Stephen Russell Davies ( ; born 27 April 1963), known professionally as Russell T Davies, is a Welsh screenwriter and television producer. He is best known for being the original showrunner and head writer of the revival of the BBC sci-fi seri ...

era of the show, and provided commentary on the 2011 BBC DVD release of " The Ark". His book ''The Doctor's Monsters: Meanings of the Monstrous in Doctor Who'' was published in 2012 by I.B. Tauris.

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Personal website

''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'', third edition
* British speculative fiction critics British speculative fiction editors Science fiction editors Hugo Award–winning editors Science fiction critics Living people 1972 births {{sf-writer-stub