Author · born 1972
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Adrian Tchaikovsky (born 1972) is a British fantasy and science fiction author. Born in Woodhall Spa.
Our catalogue lists 4 books by Adrian Tchaikovsky, mostly epic fantasy, vampire fiction and shifter fiction. They span 2009 to 2018. The most-read is Dragonfly Falling (2009).
Books by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Dragonfly Falling
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The Scarab Path
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Salute the Dark
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The Hyena and the Hawk (Echoes of the Fall)
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Awards
- ✦Hugo Awards 2026 — Best Novel, Shroud (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2025 — Best Novel, Service Model (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2025 — Best Novel, Alien Clay (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2025 — Best Series, The Tyrant Philosophers (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2024 — Best Series, The Final Architecture (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2023 — Best Novella, Ogres (nominee)
- 🏆Hugo Awards 2023 — Best Series, Children of Time Series (winner)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2022 — Best Novella, Elder Race (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2026 — Best Novella, Lives of Bitter Rain (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2026 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Shroud (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2025 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Service Model (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2025 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Alien Clay (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2024 — Best Fantasy Novel, City of Last Chances (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2024 — Best Fantasy Novel, House of Open Wounds (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2024 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Lords of Uncreation (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2023 — Best Novella, Ogres (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2023 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Eyes of the Void (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2022 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Shards of Earth (nominee)
- ✦Arthur C. Clarke Award 2025 — Overall, Service Model (nominee)
- ✦Arthur C. Clarke Award 2020 — Overall, Cage of Souls (nominee)
- 🏆Arthur C. Clarke Award 2016 — Overall, Children of Time (winner)
- 🏆Arthur C. Clarke Award — Overall, Children of Time (winner)
- ✦British Fantasy Awards 2023 — Best Novella, Ogres (nominee)
- 🏆British Fantasy Awards 2017 — Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel, The Tiger and the Wolf (winner)
- ✦British Fantasy Awards 2016 — Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Guns of the Dawn (nominee)
- ✦British Fantasy Awards 2014 — Best Short Fiction, Family Business (nominee)
- ✦Philip K. Dick Award 2021 — Overall, The Doors of Eden (nominee)
- ✦BSFA Awards 2024 — Best Novel, Alien Clay (nominee)
- 🏆BSFA Awards 2024 — Best Shorter Fiction, Saturation Point (winner)
- 🏆BSFA Awards 2023 — Best Shorter Fiction, And Put Away Childish Things (winner)
Biography
ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY was born in Lincolnshire and studied zoology and psychology at Reading, before practising law in Leeds. He is a keen live role-player and occasional amateur actor and is trained in stage-fighting. His literary influences include Gene Wolfe, Mervyn Peake, China Miéville, Mary Gently, Steven Erikson, Naomi Novak, Scott Lynch and Alan Campbell.