Ray Nayler

Ray Nayler is an American and Canadian writer whose work engages with ecology, systems theory, and the question of what counts as intelligence, animal or artificial. Mountain in the Sea is a science fiction novel about an octopus species with its own language and culture, and The Tusks of Extinction blends climate fiction with psychological thriller. Where the Axe Is Buried moves the same concerns into dystopian spy fiction. Across these genres, Nayler's books keep returning to consciousness and intelligence.