Brian Ruckley

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Brian Ruckley is a Scottish fantasy writer. He is the author of trilogy: , , and .

Biography[]

Brian Ruckley was born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland and studied at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Stirling. He lived for a time in London but is now based in Edinburgh again.^[1]

He is currently the author of eight published works.

Four are short stories; "Farm Animal" was printed in 1993 in the British science fiction magazine, Interzone No. 74, and "Gibbons" was printed in 1999 in issue No. 20 of the magazine The Third Alternative, now called Black Static. "Beyond the Reach of his Gods" appeared in the 2009 anthology Rage of the Behemoth from Rogue Blades Entertainment, and was reprinted in 2012 in the online science fiction and fantasy magazine Lightspeed.^[2] "Flint" appeared in the 2010 anthology Speculative Horizons from Subterranean Press.

His first novel, was published in 2006 by Orbit Books in both the US and the UK. Winterbirth was followed by its sequel, , which was released in 2008, also by Orbit Books, as was the third book, released in 2009.^[3][4]

In 2011 his fourth book, a standalone historical fantasy/horror novel entitled was published, again by Orbit Books.^[5]

In 2014 Ruckley released a standalone epic fantasy novel entitled The Free.^[6]

Ruckley is the current writer for the ongoing Transformers comic by IDW Publishing, which began in March 2019.^[7]

Bibliography[]

• series:
  • (2006)
  • (2008)
  • (2009)
• Standalone:
  • (2011)
  • The Free (2014)

Footnotes[]

External links[]

• Brian Ruckley official site
• Brian Ruckley at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Audio interview with Brian Ruckley

Interviews[]

• Interview by SFFWorld.com