'True luminary' Christopher Priest dies aged 80
Science Fiction author Christopher Priest has died of cancer, aged 80, working until his final days on a biography of J G Ballard. The trade has paid tribute to the “humour, mischief and intelligence” of the multi-award winning novelist, journalist and critic whose work spanned half a century.
The 80-year-old died on Friday (2nd February) following a diagnosis of small-cell carcinoma in the summer of 2023.
Priest was the author of 18 novels, including the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and World Fantasy Award-winning The Prestige (Simon & Schuster (UK) in 1995 which was adapted into the Oscar-nominated film of the same name, directed by Christopher Nolan. He was published by several major publishers over his half-century career, across both fiction and non-fiction.
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