Ken MacLeod
Ken MacLeod | |
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 Addressing the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention, Glasgow, August 2005 | |
| Born | Kenneth Macrae MacLeod 2 August 1954 Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland |
| Education | University of Glasgow (BS) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Children | 2 |
| Writing career | |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Notable awards | BSFA Award, Prometheus Award |
| Website | kenmacleod |
Kenneth Macrae MacLeod (born 2 August 1954) is a Scottish science fiction writer. His novels The Sky Road and The Night Sessions won the BSFA Award. MacLeod's novels have been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke, Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Campbell Memorial awards for best novel on multiple occasions. In 2024 MacLeod was one of the Guests of Honour at the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow.
A techno-utopianist, MacLeod makes frequent use of libertarian socialist themes in his work; he is a three-time winner of the libertarian Prometheus Award. He sits on the advisory board of the Edinburgh Science Festival.