Jon Courtenay Grimwood


Jon Courtenay Grimwood was born in Malta and christened in the upturned bell of a ship.  He grew up in the Far East, Britain and Scandinavia.  Apart from writing novels he works for magazines and newspapers.  For the last five years he wrote a monthly review column for the Guardian.  JCG's novel Felaheen, featuring his North African detective Ashraf Bey, won the BSFA Award for Best Novel.  End of the World Blues, his latest novel (set in Tokyo), also won the BSFA Award and was short-listed for the Arthur C Clarke Award.  His work has been published in French, German, Spanish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, Japanese, and American, among others.  He is married to the journalist and novelist Sam Baker, currently editor of Red magazine.  They divide their time between London and Winchester...


Recently published - End of the World Blues was shortlisted for the Clarke Awards and won the BSFA Award and is out in the US this autumn from Bantam Spectra.  9tail Fox was shortlisted for the BSFA in the UK and is published in the US this month from Night Shade Books.

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