Adam Roberts books in order

Adam Roberts (born 1965) is a British science fiction novelist, critic and academic, best known for Jack Glass (2012), which won both the BSFA Award and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. He was born in London on 30 June 1965.

Roberts holds a degree in English from the University of Aberdeen and a PhD from Cambridge, and is Professor of Nineteenth-Century Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London. His first novel, Salt (2000), was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, as were Gradisil (2006) and Yellow Blue Tibia (2009). Other novels include On (2001), Polystom (2003), The Snow (2004), Swiftly (2008), New Model Army (2010), By Light Alone (2011), Bête (2014), The Thing Itself, The Real-Town Murders (2017), Purgatory Mount (2021) and The This (2022). Using comic pseudonyms such as A.R.R.R. Roberts, he wrote parodies including The Soddit and The Va Dinci Cod (2005). His criticism includes Science Fiction (2000), The History of Science Fiction (2006) and H G Wells: A Literary Life (2019).

For collectors: Salt, his debut and first Clarke shortlistee, and Jack Glass, his double award winner, are the key titles.