The Confederation Handbook
Peter F. Hamilton was born in Rutland, England in 1960.  He began writing in 1987, and sold his first short story toFearmagazine in 1988. He has also been published inInterzoneand the In Dreams and New Worlds anthologies, and several small press publications. His first novel wasMindstar Rising,  published in 1993, and he has been steadily productive since then.   Peter lives near Rutland Water with his wife and two children.