The Book of the New Sun
Gene Wolfe was born in New York City in 1931. He attended high school and college in Texas and it was during his time at high school that he published his first piece of fiction. Wolfe was drafted to fight in the Korean War, studied for a degree, worked as an industrial engineer and later as an editor. Although he had some success with his early writing, he didn’t find acclaim until he was in his forties, and only took to writing full-time when he retired. He wrote more than 30 novels, including the critically acclaimed The Fifth Head of Cerberus (1972), and the ‘Soldier of the Mist’ and ‘Wizard Knight’ series of books. However, it was the four novels of the ‘Book of the New Sun’ series that Wolfe will be best remembered for. He died at his home in Illinois in 2019 at the age of 87.
Neil Gaiman is the author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. Notable works include the groundbreaking series Sandman and the novels Good Omens (1990, in collaboration with Terry Pratchett), Stardust (1999), American Gods (2001, The Folio Society 2017), Anansi Boys (2005, The Folio Society 2019) and Neverwhere (1996, The Folio Society 2022).