Tade Thompson has won the 33rd Arthur C Clarke Award, for his debut novel, Rosewater (Orbit). The Clarke Award celebrates the best science fiction novel published in the previous calendar year in the UK, as chosen by a jury. Thompson received a prize of £2019 and an engraved bookend.
Chair of Judges, Dr Andrew M Butler, said: ‘Alien invasion is always a political subject, and Tade Thompson’s debut novel Rosewater expertly explores the nature of the alien, global power structures and pervasive technologies with a winning combination of science fictional invention, gritty plotting and sly wit.’