Peter Watts (author)

Peter Watts
Watts' acceptance speech at the 2010 Hugo Awards ceremony
Watts' acceptance speech at the 2010 Hugo Awards ceremony
Born (1958-01-25) 25 January 1958 (age 66)[1]
Canada
OccupationWriter
Alma mater
Period1990–present
GenreScience fiction
Notable worksBlindsight
SpouseCaitlin Sweet (August 2011–present)[2]
Website
rifters.com

Peter Watts (born January 25, 1958[1]) is a Canadian science fiction author. He specializes in hard science fiction. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia in 1991 from the Department of Zoology and Resource Ecology.[3] He went on to hold several academic research and teaching positions, and worked as a marine-mammal biologist. He began publishing fiction around the time he finished graduate school.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference isfdb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Watts, Peter. "He Said/She Said". Rifterscom.
  3. ^ Watts, Peter (1991). "Hauling Out Behaviour of Harbour Seals". University of British Columbia.