Born in Manchester in 1964, Richard was a songwriter during the 1980s and early 1990s – writing and performing on guitar and keyboards with bands including St Vitus Dancers (Crass Records, 1982), Playing At Trains (Idea Records, 1987) and James (Sire, 1988).

He moved into writing in the late 1990s, beginning with an experimental short story Between A Man And A Machine. This later became the first Sorber & Fox novel, Machine Nation, followed by two more works in the same series – Robophobia and Exilium.

Richard has received Writer’s Bursary and three Individual Artist Awards from Arts Council England. He has also contributed short stories to a number of collections.

He has been featured on radio, television and online, for the BBC and independent broadcasters, and has written factual articles for a number of popular science magazines, including T3 and The Sky At Night.

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