Peter Watts

About

Peter Watts is generally a lot more optimistic than you might expect, considering.

He has spent much of his adult life trying to decide whether to be a writer or a scientist, ending up as a marginal hybrid of both. He's won a handful of awards in fields as diverse as marine mammal science, video documentary, and science fiction. These accolades have not gone to his head since they never involved a lot of cash.

His first novel, Starfish, netted a "Notable Book of the Year" nod from the New York Times and an honorable mention for John W. Campbell Memorial Award. He wrote two sequels, Maelstrom and Behemoth and a short story collection, Ten Monkeys, Ten Minutes. His latest novel is Blindsight.