Matt Hill (writer)

Matt Hill
Born	Matt Hill 1984 Tameside, Manchester, England
Pen name	M. T. Hill
Occupation	Writer copywriter
Nationality	British
Education	Cardiff University
Period	2013–present
Genre	Science fiction dystopian fiction horror fiction
Website
mthill.co.uk

Matt Hill (born 1984) is an English science fiction and horror writer from Tameside in Manchester, England. He also writes using the pen name M. T. Hill. ^[1] Hill received a degree in journalism at Cardiff University and currently lives in London where he writes and freelances as a copywriter. ^{[2] [3]} He has written five novels and several short stories. Hill's novels The Folded Man and Graft were finalist for the 2014 Dundee International Book Prize, ^{[4] [3]} and the 2017 Philip K. Dick Award, ^[5] respectively.

Hill's novels portrays a dystopian and decaying England set in the near future. ^[1] British speculative fiction author Nina Allan called Hill "one of the most innovative and outspoken new writers of British science fiction currently on the scene." ^[6]

Bibliography

Novels

• The Folded Man (Sandstone Press, 2013) ^[7]
• Graft (Angry Robot, 2016) ^[8]
• Zero Bomb (Titan, Books, 2019) – as M. T. Hill ^[9]
• The Breach (Titan Books, 2020) – as M. T. Hill ^[10]
• Lamb (Dead Ink, 2023) ^[11]

Short fiction

• "Eighty-niner" (Seat 14C, June 2017)
• "The Gridge" ( New Worlds , January 2022) – as M. T. Hill

References

1. Clute, John (15 October 2023). "Hill, Mat". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . Retrieved 19 February 2025.
2. "An interview with Matt Hill, author of Graft". My Bookish Ways. 8 February 2016. Archived from the original on 12 February 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
3. Centorcelli, Kristin (19 February 2016). "Five Questions with Matt Hill, Author of GRAFT". SF Signal . Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
4. "Matt Hill". Rising Shadow. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
5. "Philip K. Dick Award 2017". Science Fiction Awards Database . Retrieved 19 February 2025.
6. Allan, Nina (February 2016). "The Spider's House". www.ninaallan.co.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
7. "The Folded Man". Publishers Weekly . 26 August 2013. ISSN   0000-0019 . Retrieved 20 February 2025.
8. "Graft". Publishers Weekly . 21 December 2015. ISSN   0000-0019 . Retrieved 20 February 2025.
9. "Zero Bomb". Publishers Weekly . 25 January 2019. ISSN   0000-0019 . Retrieved 20 February 2025.
10. Allen, Nina (16 March 2020). "The Breach by M. T. Hill". Strange Horizons . Retrieved 20 February 2025.
11. Tuttle, Lisa (13 October 2023). "The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup". The Guardian . London. ISSN   1756-3224 . Retrieved 20 February 2025.

External links

• Official website
• Matt Hill at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Matt Hill at FantasticFiction