David Wingrove

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David Wingrove (born September 1954 in North Battersea, London) is a British science fiction writer. He is well-known as the author of the "Chung Kuo" novels (eight in total). He is also the co-author (with Rand and Robyn Miller) of the three "Myst" novels.

1 Biography
2 Career
- 2.1 Chung Kuo
- 2.2 Myst
3 External links

[edit] Biography

Wingrove worked in the banking industry for a 7 years until he became fed up with it. He then attended the University of Kent, Canterbury, where he read English and American Literature.

He is married and, with his wife Susan, has four daughters Jessica, Amy, Georgia, and Francesca.

[edit] Career

Between 1972 and 1982 he wrote over 300 unpublished short stories and 15 novels.

He started work on a new fictional project called A Perfect Art. Between 1984 and 1988, when it was first submitted, the title was changed twice, becoming first A Spring Day at the Edge of the World and then finally Chung Kuo, under which title it was sold to 18 publishers throughout the world.

He has plans for a further two novels, a prequel When China Comes and a first person character novel called Dawn in Stone City. He is also working on three very different novels, The Beast with Two Backs, Heaven's Bright Sun and Roads to Moscow.