Paul Melko

Paul Melko (* 22. May 1968 in Athens ) is an American science fiction - author .

Life

Melko initially published short stories and short stories in US magazines such as Asimov's Science Fiction and Realms of Fantasy , as well as in anthologies such as The Year's Best Science Fiction . In 2008 he published his first novel Singularity's Ring (Eng. The Ring ), which is about a group of people who can communicate chemically and telepathically. An excerpt from it, Strom's Story , was nominated for the Nebula . This and subsequent novels such as The Walls of the Universe (dt. The walls of the universe ) published among others in French and German translation.

Melko is married and lives near Columbus, Ohio with his wife and four children .

In 2009, his novel Singularity's Ring won the Compton Crook Award for best debut novel . In the same year he received the Locus Award for best debut novel.

Works

• Singularity's Ring 2008. ISBN 0-7653-1777-X
  • The ring . Heyne Verlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-453-52765-2 .
• The Walls of the Universe 2009. ISBN 0-7653-1997-7
  • The walls of the universe . Heyne Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-453-52691-4 .
• Broken Universe 2012. ISBN 0-7653-2914-X

Web links

• Literature by and about Paul Melko in the catalog of the German National Library
• Paul Melko in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Works by and about Paul Melko at Open Library
• Homepage of the author

Individual evidence

1. ^ Authors: Melko, Paul. In: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. February 2, 2017, accessed April 6, 2017 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} About Paul Melko. In: Paul Melko. Retrieved April 6, 2017 . 
3. ↑ SFADB