China Miéville

China Miéville is a British speculative fiction writer and literary critic who calls his work "weird fiction" and is allied with the New Weird writers. His books include the Bas-Lag series, which begins with Perdido Street Station, and The City & the City, a mystery. His fiction has won several major awards, and he holds the record for the most Arthur C. Clarke Award wins, with three. Embassytown, a space opera, is another of his novels.