Burning Brightly

Eric Brown is a British author who writes science fiction and mystery novels. He is a contributor to The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures and has written many books in both genres. His work

Iain Banks (16 February 1954 – 9 June 2013) was a Scottish author. He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks, and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies. In 2008, The Times named Banks in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". Source: Wikipedia

Ian Whates writes speculative fiction, with works like Burning Brightly and The Bitten Word. You might also know his story "2001" or his contribution to Postscripts #34/35 - Breakout.

Stephen Baxter (born 13 November 1957 in Liverpool, England) is an English hard science fiction author. He holds a degree in mathematics from Cambridge and a PhD in engineering from Southampton, and taught mathematics, physics and information technology before becoming a full-time writer in 1995. His work includes the Xeelee Sequence, the Manifold trilogy, The Time Ships (a sequel to H. G. Wells's The Time Machine), the Time Odyssey trilogy co-written with Arthur C. Clarke, and the Long Earth se...