Peter Watts lives in Toronto, Ontario. He made an impressive entry
into the Canadian SF scene in 1992 with his Aurora
winning short story A
Niche which originally appeared in Tesseracts 3 and was
reprinted in Northern Stars and
Aurora Awards. Peters Aurora
nominated short story Bethlehem appeared in Tesseracts
5.
Dr. Watts has a number of degrees in marine biology. He is also a fiction
editor for On-Spec magazine and is "intermittently
involved with Relic Entertainment,
makers of the multi-awarding RTS computer game Homeworld"
Peter's critically acclaimed novel Starfish
received an Honourable mention for the 2000 John
W. Campbell Award. It was also an Aurora
Award finalist, A New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and
a Locus
"recommended first novel". His short story collection called
Ten Monkeys: Ten
Minutes is available from Tesseract Books. Peter's latest
novel, Maelstrom,
is a sequel to Starfish. It was a Starred Review by Booklist and
was a 2002
Aurora Award finalist. Watch for the final installment of the Starfish
trilogy, ßehemoth, Book One: ß-Max, coming in June of 2004
Look for Peter Watt's novel
Maelstrom
Now Available!
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