Ian Whates is a British speculative fiction author and editor. In 2006 he launched the independent publishing house NewCon Press. He lives with his partner Helen in Cambridgeshire.
As of 2009 Whates is currently a director of both the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA)[1] and the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA).[2] He has had short fiction published in Nature, Hub and TQR. In 2007 his short story The Gift of Joy was nominated for the British Science Fiction Award.[3] His space opera novel, Pelquin's Comet (The Dark Angels Book 1), was published in 2015.