Robert Charles Wilson

Robert Charles Wilson is a Hugo Award-winning American-Canadian author of science fiction novels. He is particularly famous for writing the Spin series and the Julian Comstock series. Wilson is included among the most acclaimed authors of the science fiction genre today. His books have won him multiple awards and nominations during the course of 18 novels and numerous stories. He made his debut in 1986 with the novel called A Hidden Place. Even though Wilson’s novels are categorized as Hard Science Fiction, the strength of his stories lies in his characters’ humanity. His debut book had received a nomination for the Philip Dick Award. This book shows how good he was as a writer from the beginning of his career. Wilson gained his first Hugo Award nomination with his 1998 book called Darwinia. He was also nominated for the Locus Award for this book. A few books later, he went on to win the prestigious Hugo Award with the novel called Spin and has not looked back since then. It was his third nomination for the award.