Christopher Bird

Christopher Mackenzie Priest (14 July 1943 – 2 February 2024) was a British science fiction writer and novelist. His works include Fugue for a Darkening Island (1972), The Inverted World (1974), The Space Machine (1976), The Affirmation (1981), The Glamour (1984), The Prestige (1995), and The Separation (2002). Priest was strongly influenced by the science fiction of H. G. Wells and in 2006 was appointed Vice-President of the international H. G. Wells Society.