Peter F. Hamilton was born in Rutland in 1960 and now lives in Somerset. He began writing in 1987, and sold his first short story to Fear magazine in 1988. He has written many bestselling novels, including the Greg Mandel series, the Night's Dawn trilogy, the Commonwealth Saga, the Void trilogy, The Chronicle of the Fallers, short story collections and several standalone novels including Fallen Dragon and Great North Road.
Hamilton has once again shown why he is one of the best writers in the field today . . . if you want a stand-alone sci-fi novel to get lost in, you can't go wrong with Great North Road -- <i>Walker of Worlds</i> Complex world-building, harrowing back-story and good payoffs -- <i>Sunday Telegraph</i> This sci-fi mystery novel is ideal for fans of both genres and may well lure reluctant mystery buffs to explore sci-fi or send sci-fi buffs towards some great detective novels . . . a doozy of a story that handles both genres with satisfying results -- Michael Glitz, <i>Huffington Post</i> Hamilton's latest standalone tale is a whopper -- <i>SFX</i> We've said it before, but few SF writers handle BIG books with Hamilton's aplomb -- <i>SFX</i> The author controls a cast numbering more than fifty, multiple complex plot lines, speculation on the science of wormhole technology and cloning, and arrives at a denouement that is far more than just the resolution of a murder mystery -- <i>Guardian</i> A great big sprawling enjoyable science fiction read. Does what it says on the tin. I finally closed it with a sense of satisfaction -- Neal Asher