About Peter F. Hamilton
Born 1960. Peter F. Hamilton is a British writer, novelist, science fiction writer and author.
Peter F. Hamilton (born 1960) is a British author. He is known for writing science fiction space opera.
Biography Peter F. Hamilton was born in Rutland, England in 1960. He did not attend university. He said in an interview, "I did science at school up to age eighteen, I stopped doing English, English literature, writing at sixteen, I just wasn't interested in those days".
After he started writing in 1987, he sold his first short story to Fear Magazine in 1988.
Since 2018, he has written the unrelated space opera Salvation Sequence, and young adult sci-fi Arkship Trilogy, set in original universes.
Awards In 2000, Hamilton was awarded BSFA Award for The Suspect Genome.
Hamilton received the Inkpot Award in 2012.
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Who is Peter F. Hamilton?
British novelist
When was Peter F. Hamilton born?
Peter F. Hamilton was born on 2 March 1960 in Rutland.
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Peter F. Hamilton is a writer, novelist, science fiction writer and author.
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Peter F. Hamilton is British.
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