Niall Sidney Harrison is a British medical writer and

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editor, critic and publisher. He was a judge of the

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in 2006 and 2007 and Guest of Honour at

Eastercon Eastercon is the common name for the annual British national science fiction convention. The convention is organised by voluntary self-organising committees, rather than a permanent entity. Overview Eastercon attracts 800-1200 fans of scien ...

2023.

Biography

Harrison read biochemistry at

Magdalen College, Oxford Magdalen College ( ) is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1458 by Bishop of Winchester William of Waynflete. It is one of the wealthiest Oxford colleges, as of 2022, and ...

, from 1998 to 2002. He currently lives in Newcastle and works as a medical writer. He is co-chair of the ACCORD Steering Committee, which is developing a guideline to improve the reporting of

biomedical Biomedicine (also referred to as Western medicine, mainstream medicine or conventional medicine)

studies that use consensus methodologies.

Science fiction

Between 2006 and 2010, Harrison was editor of ''

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'' – the magazine of the

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– as well as writing ''Torque Control'', Vector's editorial

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. Between 2007 and 2010, he was senior reviews editor for ''

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 ...

''; in 2010 he became editor-in-chief, a position he served in until stepping down in 2017. As a critic, his work has appeared in '' Interzone'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' as well as ''Vector'' and ''Strange Horizons''. He is the publisher of Briardene Books where he also blogs.On Briardene
Accessed 2 May 2023.

Publications

* ''British Science Fiction And Fantasy: Twenty Years, Two Surveys'' (with

Paul Kincaid Paul Kincaid (born 22 September 1952 in Oldham, Lancashire) is a British science fiction literary critic. Career Kincaid's writing has appeared in a wide range of publications including ''New Scientist'', ''The Times Literary Supplement'', ''Lit ...

) (BSFA Publishing, 2010) * ''All These Worlds: Reviews and Essays'' (Briardene Books, 2023)

References

External links

* * British speculative fiction critics British speculative fiction editors Science fiction editors Science fiction critics Living people 1980 births {{sf-writer-stub