Keith Brooke

Keith Brooke is a science fiction author, editor, web publisher and anthologist from Essex, England. He is the founder and editor of the infinity plus webzine. He also writes children's fiction under the name Nick Gifford.

Biography and publishing history

Keith Brooke studied environmental science at university, and took a year out after graduating to write a novel. That novel, "Keepers of the Peace", was published by Gollancz in 1990. He remained a full-time writer for some eight years, but now works part-time for the University of Essex.

Brooke's first story was published in the British small press magazine "Dream" in 1989, but it was his first sale to "Interzone", the story 'Adenotropic Man', which first brought him notice. He continued to be published in "Interzone" throughout the 1990s. There was, however, a nine-year gap between his third novel, "Expatria Incorporated", and his fourth, "Lord of Stone" (although the latter was originally published on-line in 1997). In 2001 and 2002, US-based Cosmos Books published Brooke's three novels from the early 1990s in their first US editions. 2006 saw publication of "Genetopia", achieving publisher Pyr's first ever starred review in "Publishers Weekly". In 2009 Solaris will publish "The Accord".

In August 1997, Brooke founded the Infinity Plus website, publishing original and reprinted science fiction book reviews and stories. He continued regular updates for the next ten years, all of which appeared for free. Brooke invited hundreds of SF authors to showcase their work, beginning with several well-known British authors but eventually including newer authors and many from other countries. Regular updates ceased in August 2007, although the archive is still available.

Brooke also publishes teen fiction under the pen-name Nick Gifford, with four novels published by Puffin between 2003 and 2006.

Bibliography

Novels

* "Keepers of the Peace". London: Gollancz, 1990. ISBN 0-575-04907-3
* Expatria
** "Expatria". London: Gollancz, 1991. ISBN 0-575-04921-9
** "Expatria Incorporated". London: Gollancz, 1992. ISBN 0-575-04922-7
* "Lord of Stone". Canton, OH: Cosmos Books, 2001. ISBN 1-58715-334-3
* "Genetopia". Amherst, NY: Pyr, 2006. ISBN 1-59102-333-5

Collections

* "Parallax View", with Eric Brown. Mountain Ash, Wales: Sarob Press, 2000. ISBN 1-902309-12-X
* "Head Shots". Canton, OH: Cosmos Books, 2001 (paper). ISBN 1-58715-387-4
* "Parallax View" (revised edition with new content), with Eric Brown. Stafford, England: Immanion Press, 2007. ISBN 1-904853-42-0

As editor

With Nick Gevers he has edited the following anthologies:

* "Infinity Plus one". Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2001. ISBN 1-902880-23-4
* "Infinity Plus two". Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-902880-58-7
* "Infinity Plus". Nottingham: Solaris Books, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84416-489-9

External links

* [http://www.keithbrooke.co.uk Official homepage]
* [http://www.nickgifford.co.uk Nick Gifford]
* [http://www.infinityplus.co.uk Infinity Plus] , on hiatus as of 8-30-07
* [http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/theend.htm The End] , by Keith Brooke
* [http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/ipstory.htm The story of infinity plus, from Interzone]
* [http://www.sffworld.com/interview/174p0.html Interview with Keith Brooke] at [http://www.sffworld.com SFFWorld.com]