Philip Palmer is the author of five 'new pulp' science fiction novels published by Orbit books: Debatable Space, Red Claw, Version 43, Hell Ship and Artemis. He is also an experienced screenwriter and radio dramatist, and his previous work ranges from historical (The King's Coiner) to contemporary political (Breaking Point, Blame, Red and Blue) to epic literary fantasy (his adaptation of Spenser's The Faerie Queene). For TV he's written the single film The Many Lives of Albert Walker, as well as TV series episodes of Rebus, Heartbeat and The Bill. His movie credits include Arritmia.