ROBSON, Justina
Justina Robson has written seven novels. Her debut Silver Screen was published by Macmillan in 1999 and was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke award and was followed by Mappa Mundi (2001), Natural History (2003) and Living Next Door to the God of Love (2005).
She is presently writing the concluding instalments of a five (or seven) book sequence, Quantum Gravity, published by Gollancz (and by Pyr in the US) and very much a mixture of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Of this Justina says ‘[It] is, among other things, one of those kick-ass-female-protagonist-with-vampire-boyfriend things so beloved of Zeno’s own John Berlyne. Except he isn’t a vampire – he’s an elf. She’s a machine. The other boyfriend is a demon. It’s exactly what you would expect from a serious SF writer. ‘
‘Robson’s supreme strength as a writer of science fiction has always been her ability to create characters whose point of view offers a new perspective on the world in which they exist and act.’ — Strange Horizons
‘… a novel packed with memorable characters and ideas but that doubles as holiday-reading escapism. No mean balancing act.‘ — SFX on Keeping it Real
‘A novelist of real vision.’ — Zadie Smith
Justina’s work has been shortlisted for many awards, including the Arthur C Clarke, Philip K Dick, John W Campbell and BSFA Best Novel. In 2001 she was joint winner of the Amazon Writer’s Bursary which led to a brief period as Writer in Residence at Queen Mary & Westfield College, London. Her short fiction has appeared in various anthologies and collections.
In addition to writing she enjoys the occasional teaching position at The Arvon Foundation. She has also appeared as a guest participant in the following projects: The Foresight Project, BioCentre, and Human Futures@FACT .
She wavers between taking herself very seriously and not seriously at all. She finds writing about herself in the third person very strange.