
Jeff Noon is a novelist, short story writer and playwright whose works make extensive use of wordplay and fantasy.He studied fine art and drama at Manchester University and was subsequently appointed writer in residence at the city's Royal Exchange theatre. But Noon did not stay too long in the theatrical world, possibly because the realism associated with the theatre was not conducive to the fantastical worlds he was itching to invent. While working behind the counter at the local Waterstone's bookshop, a colleague suggested he write a novel. The result of that suggestion, Vurt, was the hippest sci-fi novel to be published in Britain since the days of Michael Moorcock in the late sixties. Like Moorcock, Noon is not preoccupied with technology per se, but incorporates technological developments into a world of magic and fantasy. As a teenager, Noon was addicted to American comic heroes, and still turns to them for inspiration. He has said that music is more of an influence on his writing than novelists: he 'usually writes to music', and his record collection ranges from classical to drum'n'bass.
Series
Books

Within Without
2021

Cobralingus
2000

Cuentos para Algernon
Año III
2015

Cuentos para Algernon
Año VI
2018

The Body Library
2018

2084
2017

House with No Doors
2021

Creeping Jenny
2020

Vurt
1993

Cuentos para Algernon
Año IV
2016

Mappalujo
2002

Slow Motion Ghosts
2019

Falling Out of Cars
2002

Channel SK1N
2012

Nymphomation
1997

Pollen
1995

Automated Alice
1996

Ludluda
2024

Needle In The Groove
2000

Cuentos para Algernon
Año II
2014

Gogmagog
2024

A Man of Shadows
2017