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Between 2006 and 2010, he was an editor of ''[[Vector]]'' for the [[BSFA]] as well as writing ''Torque Control'', its editorial blog. From 2010 to 2017 he was editor-in-chief of ''[[Strange Horizons]]'' and conducted 'The State of British SF and Fantasy: A Symposium' which was a finalist for the [[BSFA Award]].
 
Between 2006 and 2010, he was an editor of ''[[Vector]]'' for the [[BSFA]] as well as writing ''Torque Control'', its editorial blog. From 2010 to 2017 he was editor-in-chief of ''[[Strange Horizons]]'' and conducted 'The State of British SF and Fantasy: A Symposium' which was a finalist for the [[BSFA Award]].
  
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In 2009, inspired by [[Paul Kincaid]]'s 'Mexicon Survey' from Mexicon III from 1989, he conducted a survey British and British-based writers in which they responded to a set of questions about writing, influences, Brtishness and ideas of genre. Both surveys were published by the [[BSFA]] as ''British Science Fiction And Fantasy: Twenty Years, Two Surveys'' (2010).
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In 2009, inspired by [[Paul Kincaid]]'s 'Mexicon Survey' from [[Mexicon III]] in 1989, he conducted a survey of British and British-based writers in which they responded to a set of questions about writing, influences, Brtishness and ideas of genre. Both surveys were published by the [[BSFA]] as ''British Science Fiction And Fantasy: Twenty Years, Two Surveys'' in 2010.
  
 
He currently lives in Newcastle and works as a Medical Writer.
 
He currently lives in Newcastle and works as a Medical Writer.

Revision as of 05:49, 16 January 2024

(1980 -- )

Niall Harrison is a British SF editor, critic and fan whose work has appeared in Interzone, Foundation, The New York Review of Science Fiction, and Vector. As one of the editors of Strange Horizons, he received four nomination for the Best Semiprozine Hugo.

At the 2004 Eastercon he was part of the group of fans identified as Third Row Fandom.

He was a judge of the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2008 and 2009 and a member of the Oxford University Speculative Fiction Group.

Between 2006 and 2010, he was an editor of Vector for the BSFA as well as writing Torque Control, its editorial blog. From 2010 to 2017 he was editor-in-chief of Strange Horizons and conducted 'The State of British SF and Fantasy: A Symposium' which was a finalist for the BSFA Award.

In 2009, inspired by Paul Kincaid's 'Mexicon Survey' from Mexicon III in 1989, he conducted a survey of British and British-based writers in which they responded to a set of questions about writing, influences, Brtishness and ideas of genre. Both surveys were published by the BSFA as British Science Fiction And Fantasy: Twenty Years, Two Surveys in 2010.

He currently lives in Newcastle and works as a Medical Writer.

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