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Peter Watts (author)

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Peter Watts is a Canadian science fiction author and biologist. His first novel Starfish (2000) introduced Lenie Clarke, a deep-sea diver and the main character in the sequels: Maelstrom (2001), Behemoth: ß-Max (2004) and Behemoth: Seppuku (2005). The last two books comprise one novel, split into two releases for commercial publishing considerations. Starfish, Maelstrom and Behemoth comprise a trilogy usually referred to as "Rifters" after the modified humans designed to work in deep-ocean environments.

His next book Blindsight, due out October 2006, has been described by Charlie Stross as "... a first contact with aliens story from the point of view of a zombie posthuman crewman aboard a starship captained by a vampire, with not dying as the boobie prize."

Peter is currently the Supervising Writer on the animated science fiction film and television project strange frame.

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