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Matthew De Abaitua Author & Editor

Matthew De Abaitua’s novel The Red Men was shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award and adapted into a short film ‘Dr Easy’ by Shynola and produced by Film4/Warp Films. His book Self & I: A Memoir of Literary Ambition (Eye Books, 2018) was chosen as a Financial Times Summer Read and described by The Times Literary Supplement as “a compelling reminiscence”. He teaches creative writing and science fiction at the University of Essex and lives in Hackney.