Adrian Tchaikovsky

Adrian Czajkowski (spelled as Adrian Tchaikovsky in his books) is a British fantasy and science fiction author. He is best known for his series Shadows of the Apt, and for his novel Children of Time.

Tchaikovsky's novel Children of Time won the 30th Arthur C. Clarke Award on 24 August 2016 at a ceremony in London and was described by author James Lovegrove as "superior stuff, tackling big themes – gods, messiahs, artificial intelligence, alienness – with brio".

Adrian Tchaikovsky was born in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire. He studied zoology and psychology at the University of Reading. He then qualified as a legal executive. He is currently employed as a legal executive in the Commercial Dispute Department of Blacks, Solicitors, Leeds. He lives in Leeds with his wife and son.

After fifteen years of trying to get published, Tchaikovsky obtained his first break in 2008. That year Empire in Black and Gold was published by Tor Books (UK) – an imprint of Pan Macmillan – in the United Kingdom. The series was later picked up for publication in America by Pyr Books. He has stated in his blog, that he chose to publish under the name Tchaikovsky, as the spelling of his given name could have caused potential difficulties for American and British readers in both spelling and pronunciation. This is a common marketing approach in both UK and US publishing industries, where the publishers feel a name should be altered to help sales. Subsequently, the American and German editions of the book and its sequels were published under the same name. Tchaikovsky expressed desire that the Polish editions of his novels be printed under his real name, but these too used "Tchaikovsky". On 23 January 2019, Tchaikovsky was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of the Arts from the University of Lincoln.

Adrian Tchaikovsky received the following literary awards and nominations:

• 2016: Arthur C. Clarke Award for Children of Time (winner)
• 2017: British Fantasy Award – Best Fantasy Novel for "The Tiger and the Wolf" (winner)