Richard Morgan is an English science fiction and fantasy author. Born in London, and brought up in the village of Hethersett, near Norwich, Morgan studied history at Queens' College, Cambridge. After graduating he started teaching English in order to travel the world. After 14 years and a post at the University of Strathclyde, his first novel was published and he became a full-time writer. Morgan's books are generally set in a dystopian world. Morgan described his "takeaway" of one of his books as Society is, always has been and always will be a structure for the exploitation and oppression of the majority through systems of political force dictated by an �lite, enforced by thugs, uniformed or not, and upheld by a wilful ignorance and stupidity on the part of the very majority whom the system oppresses. 

January 1st, 1965 in London (Age 59)