The Black Phone

James Lovegrove is a very highly regarded British SF writer. His novel Escardy Gap, co-written with Pete Crowther, is a cult favourite, and was voted by readers of SFX one of the top fifty SF/Fantasy novels of all time. Days was shortlisted for the 1998 Arthur C. Clarke Award. Other titles include Untied Kingdom, Worldstorm, Provender Gleed, The Age of Ra and The Age of Zeus. Wings, a short novel for reluctant readers, was short-listed for several awards, while his fantasy series for teens, The Clouded World, written under the pseudonym Jay Amory, has been translated into 7 other languages so far. His first title for A&C Black was Warsuit 1. 0, for 11+. He also reviews fiction for the Financial Times.