Richard K. Morgan ā British science fiction author, best known for Altered Carbon and Broken Angels, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award. His novels fuse cyberpunk, noir, and social critique, exploring themes of identity, corporate power, and morality in high-tech futures.
š» Worked as an English teacher before his literary breakthrough. š Altered Carbon established him as a leading voice of 21st-century cyberpunk. š¬ The book was adapted by Netflix into a TV series. āļø Also wrote the dark fantasy trilogy A Land Fit for Heroes. š His works carry strong anti-war and anti-capitalist undertones. šļø His style blends brutal action with philosophical reflection. š Won the Philip K. Dick Award for Altered Carbon. š® Contributed to the video game Crysis 2 as a scriptwriter. š Loves to mix genres, from detective noir to political satire. š„ His novels have been translated into 20+ languages. š Funny note: he once joked his teaching days inspired some of his toughest antiheroes.