Geoff Nelder is a British freelance

editor Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, photographic, visual, audible, or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. The editing process can involve correction, condensation, ...

and author. He has written both fiction and non-fiction, and his research in the field of air pollution and climate won him a fellowship with the

Royal Meteorological Society The Royal Meteorological Society is a long-established institution that promotes academic and public engagement in weather and climate science. Fellows of the Society must possess relevant qualifications, but Associate Fellows can be lay enthus ...

. Nelder's fictional work falls in the genres of

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imagination, imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, Paral ...

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and drama ...

and

thrillers Thriller is a genre of fiction, having numerous, often overlapping subgenres. Thrillers are characterized and defined by the moods they elicit, giving viewers heightened feelings of suspense, excitement, surprise, anticipation and anxiety. S ...

, and he is known for his sci-fi series ''ARIA'', which won him a ''Preditors & Editors Award for best science fiction novel''. Nelder also published the sci-fi magazine ''Escape Velocity'', which launched in 2009. Prior to moving to writing as his primary occupation, Nelder has worked as a teacher at

Queens Park High School Queen's Park High School or QPHS is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Queens Park, Chester, England. The school symbol is the heraldic lion, and the school uniform consists of a blue blazer with a small white lion on ...

for 26 years. In 1975 Nelder became a life member of the British Vegan Society. In 2009 Nelder became a publisher for ''BeWrite Books'', an independent publisher.

Awards

*''Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society, Master of Science (Sheffield), Bachelor of Education'' *''Preditors & Editors Award for best science fiction novel'' (''ARIA: Left Luggage'') (2013, won)

Bibliography

ARIA

*''Left Luggage'' (2012, LL-Publications, ) *''Returning Left Luggage'' (2013, LL-Publications, ) *''Abandoned Luggage'' (TBA)

Fiction

*''Escaping Reality'' (2005, Brambling Books, ) *''Dimensions'', a sci-fi anthology with Robert Blevins (2006, Adventure Books of Seattle) *''Exit, Pursued by a Bee'' (2008,

Double Dragon Publishing Double Dragon Publishing is a Canadian-based publisher specializing in e-book format publication. Founded by Dee Douglas in 2000, the company claims the largest collection of titles in the science fiction and fantasy categories currently in print ...

, ) *''Hot Air'' (2011, Adventure Books of Seattle) *''Escape Velocity - The Anthology'', anthology with Robert Blevins (2011, Adventure Books of Seattle) *''ARIA Trilogy - Left Luggage; Returning Left Luggage; Abandoned Left Luggage (2012 - 2015, LL-Publishing)'' *''The Chaos of Mokii (2016, Solstice Publishing)'' *''Xaghra's Revenge'' (2018, Solstice Publishing)'' *''Incremental'' a collection of 25 surreal, mostly scifi short stories (2018, LL-Publishing)'' *''Suppose We'' first in the Flying Crooked scifi series. Vegan protagonist on a vegan planet (2019, LL-Publishing)

Non-fiction

*''Huddersfield's Changing Climate'' (1977) *''Chester's Climate: past and present'' (1987) Republished with updates (2017) *''Cheshire from Space remote sensing pack'' (1992, as project manager with Keith Hilton) *''Inside Scoop'' (2008) *''How to Win Short Story Competitions Second edition'' (2018) co-written with Dave Haslett

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