Richard K. Morgan

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Richard Kingsley Morgan was born September 24, 1965, in Norwich, England, and grew up in the village of Hethersett near Norwich, attending private school. He studied modern languages and history at Queens' College, Cambridge. After graduating, he spent fourteen years teaching English as a foreign language internationally, including a post at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland, before later relocating to Glasgow and then to Saxlingham Nethergate with his wife Virginia and son Daniel in 2015. His debut novel, Altered Carbon (2002), blended cyberpunk and hardboiled detective fiction and introduced the character Takeshi Kovacs, who returned in sequels Broken Angels (2003) and Woken Furies (2005); Altered Carbon was later adapted into a Netflix series. He also wrote Market Forces (2004) and the A Land Fit for Heroes fantasy trilogy, beginning with The Steel Remains (2008), as well as Thin Air (2018). Morgan has additionally written for video games including Crysis 2 and Syndicate. He won the Philip K. Dick Award in 2003 for Altered Carbon, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 2005 for Market Forces, and the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2008 for Black Man.

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Books

• The Steel Remains (2008) · A Land Fit for Heroes Core Canon
• The Cold Commands (2011) · A Land Fit for Heroes Core Canon
• The Dark Defiles (2014) · A Land Fit for Heroes Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 3 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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