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Adrian Czajkowski (spelt as Adrian Tchaikovsky for his books; born June 1972) is a British fantasy and science fiction author. He is best known for his series Shadows of the Apt, and for his Hugo Award-winning Children of Time series. Children of Time was awarded the 30th Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2016. Author James Lovegrove described it as "superior stuff, tackling big themes – gods, messiahs, artificial intelligence, alienness – with brio". Biography Adrian Czajkowski was born in Lincolnshire in Woodhall Spa in June 1972. He is of Polish descent. He studied zoology and psychology at the University of Reading. He then qualified as a legal executive. He was employed as a legal executive for the Commercial Dispute Department of Blacks, Solicitors, of Leeds. In late 2018 he became a full time writer. He lives in Leeds with his wife and son. In 2008, after Tchaikovsky had spent fifteen years trying to get published, his novel Empire in Black and Gold was published by Tor Books (UK) – an imprint of Pan Macmillan – in the United Kingdom. The series was later published in America by Pyr Books. Tchaikovsky expressed desire that the Polish editions of his novels feature the original Polish spelling of his surname, but these too used "Tchaikovsky". On 23 January 2019, Tchaikovsky was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of the Arts by the University of Lincoln. Career Tchaikovsky revealed the basis of Shadows of the Apt in an online essay entitled "Entering the Shadows" at Upcoming4.me. Whilst studying at the University of Reading he managed a role-playing game named Bugworld. The game concerned the story of the insect-people of the Lowlands, threatened by the encroaching Wasp Empire. From this original scenario the entire series of books grew. Tchaikovsky still uses role-playing games to help develop his stories, but now also uses live action role-playing, which assists in describing the numerous action and battle sequences in his books. He is currently involved with the LARP game Empire. Tchaikovsky has regularly expressed his intention regarding the Shadows of the Apt series not to make science better than magic, or vice versa: "This is another key element, really: the magic/tech divide is a concept that turns up here and there in fantasy, but usually one side is good (mostly magic) and the other (dirty polluting tech) is bad. With the world of the kinden, they’re basically both as bad as the people who use them, whether it’s blood sacrifice in a Mantis-kinden grove or the Wasp Empire’s city-levelling weaponry." Awards and nominations Tchaikovsky has received the following literary awards and nominations: Bibliography Novels Shadows of the Apt Main novels Empire in Black and Gold (2008), ISBN 978-0-230-73646-7 Dragonfly Falling (2009), ISBN 978-0-230-70415-2 Blood of the Mantis (2009), ISBN 978-0-230-70416-9 Salute the Dark (2010), ISBN 978-0-330-51144-5 The Scarab Path (2010), ISBN 978-0-330-51145-2 The Sea Watch (2011), ISBN 978-0-330-51146-9 Heirs of the Blade (2011), ISBN 978-0-230-75699-1 The Air War (2012), ISBN 978-0-230-75700-4 War Master's Gate (2013), ISBN 978-0-230-75701-1 Seal of the Worm (2014), ISBN 978-0-230-77001-0 Tales of the Apt (short story collections in the Apt universe) Spoils of War (2016), ISBN 978-1-910935-21-7 A Time for Grief (2017), ISBN 978-1-910935-21-7 For Love of Distant Shores (2018), ISBN 978-1-910935-71-2 The Scent of Tears (2018), ISBN 978-1-910935-71-2 Children of Time Children of Time (2015), ISBN 978-1-4472-7328-8 Children of Ruin (2019), ISBN 978-1-5098-6585-7 Children of Memory (2022), ISBN 978-1-5290-8717-8 Echoes of the Fall The Tiger and the Wolf (2016), ISBN 978-0-230-77006-5 The Bear and the Serpent (2017), ISBN 978-1-5098-3022-0 The Hyena and the Hawk (2018), ISBN 978-1-5098-3026-8 Bioforms Dogs of War (Head of Zeus, 2017), ISBN 978-1-78669-388-4 Bear Head (Head of Zeus, 2021), ISBN 978-1-80024-154-1 The Tyrant Philosophers City of Last Chances (2022), ISBN 978-1-80110-842-3 House of Open Wounds (2023), ISBN 978-1-0359-0138-8 The Final Architecture Shards of Earth (Tor, 2021), ISBN 978-1-5290-5188-9 Eyes of the Void (Tor, 2022), ISBN 978-1-5290-5193-3 Lords of Uncreation (Tor, 2023), ISBN 978-1-5290-5198-8 Standalone novels Guns of the Dawn (2015), ISBN 978-0-230-77003-4 Spiderlight (Tor.com, 2016), ISBN 978-0-7653-8836-0 Cage of Souls (Head of Zeus, 2019), ISBN 978-1-78854-724-6 The Doors of Eden (2020), ISBN 978-1-5098-6588-8 Alien Clay (Orbit, 2024), ISBN 978-0-316-57896-7 Service Model (Tor.com, 2024), ISBN 978-1-250-29028-1 After the War series Redemption's Blade (Solaris Books, 2018), ISBN 978-1-78108-579-0, is the first book in a multi-author series. The series was continued with Salvation's Fire by Justina Robson and published on 4 September 2018. Warhammer 40,000 Tchaikovsky's first Warhammer 40,000 novel Day of Ascension (2022), like his short story "Raised in Darkness" from Inferno! Volume 6 (2021), concerns the insidious Genestealer Cults. Day of Ascension (2022) Novellas Ironclads (Solaris Books, 2017), ISBN 978-1781085684 The Expert System's Brother (Tor.com, 2018), ISBN 9781250197566 Walking to Aldebaran (Solaris Books, 2019), ISBN 9781781087060 Made Things (Tor.com, 2019), ISBN 9781250232991 Firewalkers (Solaris Books, 2020), ISBN 9781781088487 The Expert System's Champion (Tor.com, 2021), ISBN 978-1250766397 One Day All This Will Be Yours (Solaris Books, 2021), ISBN 978-1781088746 Elder Race (Tor.com, 2021), ISBN 978-1250768728 Ogres (Solaris Books, 2022), ISBN 978-1786185280 And Put Away Childish Things (Solaris Books, 2023), ISBN 978-1786188793. Saturation Point (Solaris Books, 2023), ISBN 978-1837861743. Short stories "The Final Conjuration" in Two Hundred and Twenty-One Baker Streets: An Anthology of Holmesian Tales Across Time and Space (Abaddon Books, 2014) ISBN 978-1781082225, a collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories "Where the Brass Band Plays" in Urban Mythic 2 (Alchemy Press, 2014), ISBN 978-0-9573489-9-8 "Shadow Hunter" in Grimdark Magazine, issue #1 Other collections Feast and Famine (New Con Press, 2013), ISBN 978-1907069543. This collection contains the stories "Feast and Famine", "The Artificial Man", "The Roar of the Crowd", "Good Taste", "The Dissipation Club", "Rapture", "Care", "2144 and All That", "The God Shark" and "The Sun in the Morning". The Private Life of Elder Things (2016), ISBN 978-1911034025. Co-authored by Keris McDonald and Adam Gauntlett. A collection of new Lovecraftian fiction about confronting, discovering and living alongside the creatures of the Mythos. Terrible Worlds: Revolutions (Solaris, 2023), ISBN 978-1786188885. Collects three novellas: Ironclads, Firewalkers and Ogres. Critical studies and reviews of Tchaikovsky's work The Doors of Eden West, Michelle (July–August 2020). "Musing on Books". F&SF. 139 (1&2): 88‒94. Notes References External links Adrian Tchaikovsky older website, still up official website Adrian Tchaikovsky at the Inter.... Discover the Adrian Tchaikovsky popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Adrian Tchaikovsky books.