Andrew J. Wilson
Andrew J. Wilson was born in Aberdeen in 1963. After studying English
Literature and Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, he went into
publishing, and currently works as a freelance editor and writer. He is
the science fiction, fantasy and horror reviewer for The Scotsman.
Andrew has published short stories in magazines and anthologies in
Britain and the United States, including DAW Books Years Best Horror
Stories, Markings, Fear and Scottish Book Collector, and he has
also read his work on BBC Radio Scotland. His plays The Terminal Zone
and The Black Ambulance Gang have both been performed at the Edinburgh
Festival Fringe, the latter on a moving bus several years before Speed
was shown in the cinemas!
He has also published journalism and criticism in a number of
markets, including Scotland on Sunday, Dreamwatch, Caledonia and
Metro. He has also appeared on television and radio as a commentator,
and regularly chairs events at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
Recent stories have appeared in Gathering the Bones, an
international anthology published by Harper Collins in Australia and
Tor in the USA, and The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to
Eccentric and Discredited Diseases. Recent work appears
in Farthing in the UK, Scifaikuest (online and in print) in the USA and Shadow Box in Australia. He is the co-editor of Nova Scotia: New Scottish Speculative Fiction.
