Adrian Tchaikovsky was born in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire before heading off to Reading to study psychology and zoology. He subsequently ended up in law and has worked as a legal executive in both Reading and Leeds, where he now lives. Married, he is a keen live role-player and has trained in stage-fighting and historical combat. He maintains a keen interest in history and the biological sciences, especially entomology.
Adrian is the author of the acclaimed 10-book Shadows of the Apt series published by Tor UK. Other works for Tor include Children of Time, which won the 2016 Arthur C. Clarke Award, Children of Ruin and Shards of Earth, which both won the British Science Fiction Award for Best Novel, and The Tiger and the Wolf, winner of the 2017 British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel. His Final Architecture trilogy was nominated for Best Series at the 2024 Hugo Awards.
Other major works include Dogs of War, Cage of Souls and The Tyrant Philosophers series for Head of Zeus. City of Last Chances – the first of the sequence – won the BSFA award for best novel in 2023. Adrian has also written numerous novellas and short stories. His novella And Put Away Childish Things (Rebellion Solaris) won the BSFA Award for Best Shorter Fiction in 2024.
Photo by Tom Pepperdine, 2022