Nicholas Binge | |
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![]() Binge in 2022 | |
Born | Singapore | 5 March 1990
Occupation | Writer |
Language | English |
Nationality | British |
Genre | Science fiction, Horror |
Notable work | Ascension , Dissolution |
Nicholas Binge is an author of science fiction and horror, and is a grandson of music composer Ronald Binge.
His works include Ascension and Dissolution . He has won or been nominated for the Proverse Prize for Fiction, [1] the Goodreads Choice Awards, [2] and the Premio Ignotus. [3] His work has been translated into multiple languages, including French, German, Italian, Spanish, Finnish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Russian, Portuguese, Chinese, and Arabic. [4]
Binge was born in Singapore, and has lived in Switzerland, Hong Kong, and the UK. He currently lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he lectures in creative writing. [5] [6]
His first novel, Professor Everywhere, was selected as a prize-winner by the Proverse Prize for Literature in 2020. [7] In 2023, his speculative thriller, Ascension , sold at auction to Harper Voyager in the UK, as well to Riverhead Books in the US, [5] [8] as well as selling the translation rights into ten other territories. It was also optioned for a major motion picture. [6] [9] [10] [11] [12]
His 2025 novel, Dissolution , released to critical acclaim from The New York Times, [13] The Guardian, [14] New Scientist, [15] and more. It is being adapted into a major motion picture by Sony Pictures and Temple Hill Entertainment, with Oscar-nominated Eric Heisserer penning the adaptation. [16]
As well as future novels from HarperVoyager UK / Riverhead Books, Binge sold two works to Tor slated for release in 2025 and 2026. [17]
- 2020. Professor Everywhere. Proverse Hong Kong. ISBN 978-9888491858
- 2023. Ascension . Harper Voyager UK / Riverhead Books. ISBN 978-0008505813
- 2025. Dissolution . Harper Voyager UK / Riverhead Books. ISBN 978-0008668822
- 2025. Extremity. Tordotcom / Tor UK. ISBN 978-1035085866
- 2026. Exhumation. Harper Voyager UK / Riverhead Books.
- 2026. Abyss. Tordotcom / Tor UK.