M. John Harrison is the award-winning author of many novels, including
Climbers, The Course of the Heart
, and
The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again
. Over the last four decades, Harrison has carved out a stellar career across a number of literary forms, and is acclaimed by such writers as Angela Carter, Deborah Levy and Iain Banks. From 1968 to 1975, he was literary editor of the influential British science fiction magazine
New Worlds
. He has won the Boardman Tasker Prize, the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the Goldsmiths Prize. In 2025, he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He lives in England.