Tobias S. Buckell
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Tobias S. Buckell is a Grenadian
Grenada
Grenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea...

 science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 writer. His 2008 novel, Halo: The Cole Protocol
Halo: The Cole Protocol
Halo: The Cole Protocol is the sixth novel adaptation of the Halo science fiction franchise. The book was written by Tobias S. Buckell and published on November 25, 2008...

, made the The New York Times Best Seller list. He currently lives in Bluffton, Ohio
Bluffton, Ohio
Bluffton is a village in Allen and Hancock counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. It had a population of 3,896 at the 2000 census. Bluffton is home to Bluffton University, a four-year educational institution affiliated with Mennonite Church USA. Bluffton is served by the Bluffton general aviation...

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Biography

Buckell was born in 1979 in Grenada
Grenada
Grenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea...

 in the Caribbean
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles....

.

Buckell attended Clarion East
Clarion Workshop
Clarion is a six-week workshop for new and aspiring science fiction and fantasy writers. Originally an outgrowth of Knight and Wilhelm's Milford Writers' Conference, held at their home in Milford, Pennsylvania, USA, it was founded in 1968 by Robin Scott Wilson at Clarion State College in...

 in 1999. Not long after that he made his first sale, "Fish Merchant", to Scott Edelman
Scott Edelman
Scott Edelman is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer and editor. He became the editor of SCI FI Magazine in 2002, and has edited the channel's online magazine Science Fiction Weekly since 2000.He was the founding and only editor of the science fiction magazine Science Fiction...

 at Science Fiction Age. The story appeared in the March, 2000 issue. About the time of the sale, his story "In Orbite Medievali" won a quarterly contest for the Writers of the Future
Writers of the Future
Writers of the Future is a science fiction and fantasy story contest that was originated by L. Ron Hubbard in the early 1980s. Hubbard...

. Since then his stories have appeared in a variety of places, including the magazines Analog and Nature
Nature (journal)
Nature, first published on 4 November 1869, is ranked the world's most cited interdisciplinary scientific journal by the Science Edition of the 2010 Journal Citation Reports...

, and the anthologies New Voices in Science Fiction, Men Writing Science Fiction As Women, and So Long Been Dreaming
So Long Been Dreaming
So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy is an anthology of short stories edited by the writer Nalo Hopkinson and Uppinder Mehan. Hopkinson provides the introduction, although it is usually misattributed to Samuel R...

.

His first novel, Crystal Rain
Crystal Rain
Crystal Rain is the debut novel of Caribbean writer Tobias S. Buckell. Buckell calls it his "caribbean steampunk novel". Although a stand-alone novel, Buckell's books Ragamuffin and Sly Mongoose are set in the same universe with some recurring characters.- External links :* at...

, was published in February 2006 by Tor Books
Tor Books
Tor Books is one of two imprints of Tom Doherty Associates LLC, based in New York City. It is noted for its science fiction and fantasy titles. Tom Doherty Associates also publishes mainstream fiction, mystery, and occasional military history titles under its Forge imprint. The company was founded...

. His second novel, Ragamuffin
Ragamuffin (novel)
Ragamuffin is the second novel by Caribbean science fiction writer Tobias S. Buckell. It is the sequel to his first novel, Crystal Rain. Buckell labeled Ragamuffin a "caribbean space opera", with his previous novel being called "caribbean steampunk".Ragamuffin was nominated for the 2007 Nebula...

was published in 2007, and was nominated for the illustrious Nebula award
Nebula Award for Best Novel
Winners of the Nebula Award for Best Novel, awarded by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. The stated year is that of publication; awards are given in the following year.- Winners and other nominees :...

 for that year. Sly Mongoose
Sly Mongoose
Sly Mongoose is the third science fiction novel of Caribbean writer Tobias S. Buckell. The novel is a standalone but is set in the same universe as Buckell's novels Crystal Rain and Ragamuffin. The novels are also linked by a recurring character....

, his third novel, was published in August 2008. His first short story collection, Tides from the New Worlds, was published as a signed limited edition hardcover by Wyrm Publishing in April 2009.

Buckell made a non-physical appearance on the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (US game show)
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game show
Game show
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 as a "Phone-A-Friend" for his friend Heidi Ruby Miller.

In 2008, he donated his archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University is a state university and research institution located in DeKalb, Illinois, with satellite centers in Hoffman Estates, Naperville, Rockford, and Oregon. It was originally founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School on May 22, 1895 by Illinois Governor John P...

.

On June 16, 2008, Buckell was announced as the author for the sixth novel in the Halo
Halo (series)
Halo is a multi-million dollar science fiction video game franchise created by Bungie and now managed by 343 Industries and owned by Microsoft Studios. The series centers on an interstellar war between humanity and a theocratic alliance of aliens known as the Covenant...

 book series titled Halo: The Cole Protocol
Halo: The Cole Protocol
Halo: The Cole Protocol is the sixth novel adaptation of the Halo science fiction franchise. The book was written by Tobias S. Buckell and published on November 25, 2008...

, named after military procedures made to prevent the Covenant from obtaining crucial information, such as the location of Earth. The novel was published in November 2008. In December, the novel debuted at #4 on the New York Times Best Seller list for paperback trade fiction. Also he wrote together with Karen Traviss
Karen Traviss
Karen Traviss is a science fiction author, and full-time novelist from Wiltshire, England. Originally from the Portsmouth area, Traviss worked as both a journalist and defence correspondent before turning her attention to writing fiction. She also served in both the Territorial Army and the Royal...

, Eric Nylund and many other authors the short story collection Halo Evolutions: Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, which was released in November 2009.

In July 2010 he published an audiobook, The Alchemist and The Executioness, with Paolo Bacigalupi
Paolo Bacigalupi
Paolo Tadini Bacigalupi is an American science fiction and fantasy writer.He has won the Hugo, Nebula, Compton Crook, Theodore Sturgeon, and Michael L. Printz awards, and was nominated for the National Book Award...

. These two works are to be published as separate print books in January 2011.

Xenowealth series

  • Crystal Rain
    Crystal Rain
    Crystal Rain is the debut novel of Caribbean writer Tobias S. Buckell. Buckell calls it his "caribbean steampunk novel". Although a stand-alone novel, Buckell's books Ragamuffin and Sly Mongoose are set in the same universe with some recurring characters.- External links :* at...

    (2006), ISBN 0-765-31227-1
  • Ragamuffin
    Ragamuffin (novel)
    Ragamuffin is the second novel by Caribbean science fiction writer Tobias S. Buckell. It is the sequel to his first novel, Crystal Rain. Buckell labeled Ragamuffin a "caribbean space opera", with his previous novel being called "caribbean steampunk".Ragamuffin was nominated for the 2007 Nebula...

    (2007), ISBN 0-7653-1507-6
  • Sly Mongoose
    Sly Mongoose
    Sly Mongoose is the third science fiction novel of Caribbean writer Tobias S. Buckell. The novel is a standalone but is set in the same universe as Buckell's novels Crystal Rain and Ragamuffin. The novels are also linked by a recurring character....

    (2008), ISBN 0-7653-1920-9

Other

  • Halo: The Cole Protocol
    Halo: The Cole Protocol
    Halo: The Cole Protocol is the sixth novel adaptation of the Halo science fiction franchise. The book was written by Tobias S. Buckell and published on November 25, 2008...

    (2008), ISBN 0-7653-1570-X
  • Arctic Rising (2012), ISBN 0765319217

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