Colin Greenland
Colin Greenland's fiction and criticism have been translated into a dozen languages and broadcast on BBC national radio. His multiple award-winning science fiction novel Take Back Plenty, long out of print in the UK, is available again in the Orion SF Masterworks series, and for e-readers at SF Gateway.
Colin lives in Cambridge and Foolow with his wife Susanna Clarke, the author of
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
and
Piranesi
. He is sometimes to be found writing something, goodness knows what.
“Sometimes he tries to catch her, wading frantically through earth that has turned to water, or sometimes through air. Sometimes she tries to catch him. They never catch each other, no matter what.”
Colin Greenland
“Cloaks are nice. You can wear a cloak and have nothing on under it at all. And you can go anywhere you want like that!”
Colin Greenland
“Plotting is like sex. Plotting is about desire and satisfaction, anticipation and release. You have to arouse your reader's desire to know what happens, to unravel the mystery, to see good triumph. You have to sustain it, keep it warm, feed it, just a little bit, not too much at a time, as your story goes on. That's called suspense. It can bring desire to a frenzy, in which case you are in a good position to bring off a wonderful climax.”
Colin Greenland