Adrian Tchaikovsky

## About the Author

* **Genres**: Space Exploration, Colonization, Hard Science, Epic Fantasy, Shifter Fantasy
* **Writing Style**:
* **Books:** Adrian Tchaikovsky Books

### Biography

Adrian Czajkowski (spelled as Adrian Tchaikovsky in his books) is a British fantasy and science fiction author.

Adrian Tchaikovsky was born in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire before heading off to Reading to study psychology and zoology. For reasons unclear even to himself he subsequently ended up in law and has worked as a legal executive in both Reading and Leeds, where he now lives. Married, he is a keen live role-player and occasional amateur actor, has trained in stage-fighting, and keeps no exotic or dangerous pets of any kind, possibly excepting his son.

He is the author of the critically acclaimed Shadows of the Apt series, the Echoes of the Fall series, and several stand-alone novels, including *Children of Time*, the winner of the 30th Anniversary Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.

## Series

### Shadows of the Apt series

* Genres: Epic Fantasy
	1. Empire in Black and Gold (Shadows of the Apt Book 1) (2008)
	2. Dragonfly Falling (Shadows of the Apt Book 2) (2009)
	3. Blood of the Mantis (Shadows of the Apt Book 3) (2009)
	4. Salute the Dark (Shadows of the Apt Book 4) (2010)
	5. The Scarab Path (Shadows of the Apt Book 5) (2010)
	6. The Sea Watch (Shadows of the Apt Book 6) (2011)
	7. Heirs of the Blade (Shadows of the Apt Book 7) (2011)
	8. The Air War (Shadows of the Apt Book 8) (2012)
	9. War Master's Gate (Shadows of the Apt Book 9) (2013)
	10. Seal of the Worm (Shadows of the Apt Book 10) (2014)

#### Tales of the Apt

* Spoils of War (Tales of the Apt Book 1) (2016) - Collection
* A Time for Grief (Tales of the Apt Book 2) (2017) - Collection
* For Love of Distant Shores (Tales of the Apt Book 3) (2018) - Collection
* The Scent of Tears (Tales of the Apt Book4) (2018) - Anthology

### Children of Time series

* Genres: Hard Science, Space Exploration, Space Opera
* Theme: Generational Ship travels to a new planet, terraformed to match Earth
* Series list:
	1. Children of Time (Children of Time Book 1) (2015)
	2. Children of Ruin (Children of Time Book 2) (2019)
	3. Children of Memory (Children of Time Book 3) (2023)

### The Expert System's Brother

* Genres: Space Colonization
	1. The Expert System's Brother (The Expert System's Brother Book 1) (2018)
	2. The Expert System's Champion (The Expert System's Brother Book 2) (2021)

### Echoes of the Fall

* Genres: Epic Fantasy, Shifter Fantasy
	1. The Tiger and the Wolf (Echoes of the Fall Book 1) (2016)
	2. The Bear and the Serpent (Echoes of the Fall Book 2) (2017)
	3. The Hyena and the Hawk (Echoes of the Fall Book 3) (2018)

### Final Architecture Trilogy

* Genres: Space Opera
	1. Shards of Earth (Final Architecture Book 1) (2021)
	2. Eyes of the Void (Final Architecture Book 2) (2022)

## Other Works

### Novels

* Guns of the Dawn (2015)
* Spiderlight (2016)
* Cage of Souls (2019)
* Firewalkers (2020)
* The Doors of Eden (2020)
* One Day All This Will Be Yours (2021)
* Elder Race (2021)
* City of Last Chances (2022)

### Novellas

* Reading Between the Lines (2013) (with Janine Ashbless)
* Ironclads (2017)
* Walking to Aldebaran (2019)
* The House on the Old Cliffs (2021)
* Ogres (2022)

### Collections

* *Dark Currents* (2012) (with Nina Allan, Aliette de Bodard, Una McCormack, Sophia McDougall, Adam Nevill, Rod Rees, Tricia Sullivan and Lavie Tidhar)
* *Hauntings* (2012) (with Paul Kane, Tanith Lee, Alison Littlewood, Mark Morris, Marie O'Regan, Robert Shearman and Liz Williams)
* *Looking Landwards* (2013) (with J E Bryant, Storm Constantine, Kim Lakin-Smith, Den Patrick, Steven Pirie and Jetse de Vries)
* *The Girl at the End of the World Book 2* (2014) (with Kim Bannerman, Alec McQuay and Cheryl Morgan)
* *The Private Life of Elder Things* (2016) (with Adam Gauntlett and Keris McDonald)
* *Stories of Hope and Wonder* (2020) (with Stephen Baxter, Chris Beckett, Eric Brown, Ramsey Campbell, M R Carey, Paul Cornell, Gary Gibson, Lesley Glaister, Peter F Hamilton, Frances Hardinge, Tim Lebbon, Alison Littlewood, Ken MacLeod, George Mann, Tim Pears, Adam Roberts, Tade Thompson, Lavie Tidhar, Lisa Tuttle and Ian Whates)

### Awards

* Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book winner (2016) : Children of Time
* British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (2016) : Guns of the Dawn
* British Fantasy Society Best Novel winner (2017) : The Tiger and the Wolf
* British Science Fiction Association Best Book winner (2019) : Children of Ruin
* Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book nominee (2020) : Cage of Souls