China Miéville

China Tom Miéville FRSL born 6 September 1972 is a British speculative fiction author essayist comic book writer socialist political activist and literary critic He often describes his work as weird fiction and is allied to the loosely associated movement of writers called New Weird Miéville has won numerous awards for his fiction including the Arthur C Clarke British Fantasy British SF Hugo Locus and World Fantasy Awards He holds the record for the most Arthur C Clarke Award wins three