Peter F. Hamilton (born 1960) is a British author. He is known for writing

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Biography

Peter F. Hamilton was born in

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, England in 1960. He did not attend university. He said in an interview, "I did science at school up to age eighteen, I stopped doing English, English literature, writing at sixteen, I just wasn't interested in those days". After he started writing in 1987, he sold his first short story to '' Fear Magazine'' in 1988. His first novel, ''

Mindstar Rising ''Mindstar Rising'' is a science fiction novel by British writer Peter F. Hamilton, published in 1993. It is the first book in the Greg Mandel trilogy. The novel introduces the major characters in the series, most notably Greg and Julia Evans. T ...

'', was published during 1993, followed by ''

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'' (1994) and ''

The Nano Flower List of works by or about British science fiction author Peter F. Hamilton. Novel series Greg Mandel trilogy (1993–1995) #''Mindstar Rising'' (1993), #''A Quantum Murder'' (1994), #''The Nano Flower'' (1995), Confederation universe (1 ...

'' (1995), which together comprise the Greg Mandel trilogy. He then wrote a space opera novel, named ''

The Night's Dawn Trilogy British author Peter F. Hamilton's ''The Night's Dawn Trilogy'' consists of three science fiction novels: ''The Reality Dysfunction'' (1996), ''The Neutronium Alchemist'' (1997), and ''The Naked God'' (1999). A collection of short stories, ''A ...

''. He has also published the ''

Commonwealth Saga The ''Commonwealth Saga'' is a series of science fiction novels by British science fiction writer Peter F. Hamilton. This saga consists of the novels ''Pandora's Star'' (2004) and ''Judas Unchained'' (2005). Hamilton has also written several ...

'' with the ''

Void Trilogy The ''Void Trilogy'' is a space opera series by British author Peter F. Hamilton. The series is set in the same universe as The '' Commonwealth Saga'', 1,200 years after the end of '' Judas Unchained''. Peter F. Hamilton sold the American right ...

'' and '' The Chronicle of the Fallers'' in the same universe. Since 2018, he has written the unrelated space opera ''Salvation Sequence'', and

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sci-fi ''Arkship Trilogy'', set in original universes.

Awards

In 2000, Hamilton was awarded

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for ''The Suspect Genome.'' Hamilton received the

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in 2012.Inkpot Award
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Bibliography

References

External links

The Unisphere , A Peter F. Hamilton Fan Site
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