Christopher Priest born July 14 1943 in Cheadle Greater Manchester was an English novelist and science fiction writer His works include Fugue for a Darkening Island Inverted World The Affirmation The Glamour The Prestige and The Separation Priest has been strongly influenced by the science fiction of H G Wells and in 2006 was appointed to the position of VicePresident of the international H G Wells Society Description above from the Wikipedia article Christopher Priestnovelist licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia