The writer on a moving comic about life in 80s Turkey, disquieting composer Carolyn O’Brien and poet Caitlin Doherty’s tribute to the first dog in space
Brought up in north-west London, author and academic China Miéville studied social anthropology at Cambridge followed by a PhD in international relations at LSE. In 2005, his thesis was published as a book, Between Equal Rights: A Marxist Theory of International Law. His novels, often described as “weird fiction”, include the acclaimed The City & the City (2009), Embassytown (2011) and Perdido Street Station (2000). He has won the Arthur C Clarke award three times and the British Fantasy award twice. In addition, he has written various comics, nonfiction books and short story collections. His latest novella, This Census-Taker, is published by Picador on 25 February.
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