Christopher Priest shortlisted for Arthur C. Clarke Award

Christopher Priest has been shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award for his newest novel THE ADJACENT (Gollancz, 2013). The Arthur C. Clarke Award is the most prestigious award for science fiction in Britain and it is awarded anually to the best science fiction novel of the year.

Christopher won the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2002 for his novel THE SEPARATION (Gollancz, 2002) and has won amost every illustrious science fiction book award going, including the BSFA Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Prix Utopia for lifetime achievement. 

You can read more about his distinguished writing career here and more about the Arthur C. Clarke Award here. The winning novel will be announced on 1 May 2014.