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Nicholas Binge

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Nicholas Binge
Binge in 2022
Binge in 2022
Born (1990-03-05) 5 March 1990 (age 35)
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityBritish
GenreScience fiction, Horror
Notable workAscension, Dissolution

Nicholas Binge is an author of science fiction and horror, and is a grandson of music composer Ronald Binge.

His works include Ascension and Dissolution. He has won or been nominated for the Proverse Prize for Fiction,[1] the Goodreads Choice Awards,[2] and the Premio Ignotus.[3] His work has been translated into multiple languages, including French, German, Italian, Spanish, Finnish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Russian, Portuguese, Chinese, and Arabic.[4]

Binge was born in Singapore, and has lived in Switzerland, Hong Kong, and the UK. He currently lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he lectures in creative writing.[5][6]

Career

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His first novel, Professor Everywhere, was selected as a prize-winner by the Proverse Prize for Literature in 2020.[7] In 2023, his speculative thriller, Ascension, sold at auction to Harper Voyager in the UK, as well to Riverhead Books in the US,[5][8] as well as selling the translation rights into ten other territories. It was also optioned for a major motion picture.[6][9][10][11][12]

His 2025 novel, Dissolution, released to critical acclaim from The New York Times,[13] The Guardian,[14] New Scientist,[15] and more. It is being adapted into a major motion picture by Sony Pictures and Temple Hill Entertainment, with Oscar-nominated Eric Heisserer penning the adaptation.[16]

As well as future novels from HarperVoyager UK / Riverhead Books, Binge sold two works to Tor slated for release in 2025 and 2026.[17]

Published Works

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- 2020. Professor Everywhere. Proverse Hong Kong. ISBN 978-9888491858

- 2023. Ascension. Harper Voyager UK / Riverhead Books. ISBN 978-0008505813

- 2025. Dissolution. Harper Voyager UK / Riverhead Books. ISBN 978-0008668822

- 2025. Extremity. Tordotcom / Tor UK. ISBN 978-1035085866

- 2026. Exhumation. Harper Voyager UK / Riverhead Books.

- 2026. Abyss. Tordotcom / Tor UK.

References

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  1. ^ "Nicholas Binge Ascending". 30 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Announcing the Goodreads Choice Winner in Best Science Fiction!".
  3. ^ "Finalistas de los premios Ignotus 2024". 5 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Ascension".
  5. ^ a b "HarperVoyager wins auction for chilling science fiction thriller". HarperCollins Publishers - HCUK Corporate.
  6. ^ a b "About". Nicholas Binge. 6 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Nicholas Binge Ascending". 30 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Nicholas Binge | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com.
  9. ^ "Könyv: Nicholas Binge: Felemelkedés". Agave Könyvek.
  10. ^ "Himmelfahrt von Binge, Nicholas, Jellinghaus, Silke, Naumann, Katharina: Mission in den Tod | Überlebenskampf am Berg: Dieser Wissenschafts-Thriller ist das Leseerlebnis 2023". Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Na vrchol - Nicholas Binge". www.knihydobrovsky.cz. 22 December 2023.
  12. ^ "ASCENSIÓN | NICHOLAS BINGE | Minotauro | Casa del Libro". casadellibro. 31 May 2023.
  13. ^ Lyall, Sarah (17 March 2025). "3 Heart-Pounding, High-Stakes New Thrillers". The New York Times.
  14. ^ Tuttle, Lisa (7 March 2025). "The best recent science fiction and fantasy – review roundup". The Guardian.
  15. ^ "Sci-fi thriller Dissolution smartly interweaves time travel and memory".
  16. ^ "'Arrival' Scribe Eric Heisserer & His Chronology Label Ink First Look with Sony Pictures". 5 August 2024.
  17. ^ "About".