Ian Green is a Scottish writer of science fiction and fantasy. He is best known for The Rotstorm trilogy and his biopunk thriller Extremophile (2024). The trilogy includes The Gauntlet and the Fist Beneath (2021), The Gauntlet and the Burning Blade (2022), and The Gauntlet and the Broken Chain (2023). Extremophile was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2025 and selected as one of the Financial Times' Best Science Fiction Books of 2024.
Ian Green holds a PhD in clinical epigenetics. In early interviews, he credited his love of genre to watching Star Wars during its 20th anniversary cinema release. “The scope and scale, the fun and action—it absolutely swept me away,” he recalled. He also spoke of reading The Lord of the Rings at a young age, although he didn't fully understand it. “From then, a spark was lit,” he said.
Before his novels, Green’s fiction was published widely. He won the BBC Radio 4 Opening Lines competition and the Futurebook Future Fiction prize. In 2022, he was shortlisted for Best Newcomer at the British Fantasy Awards.
The Rotstorm trilogy was published by Ad Astra, an imprint of Head of Zeus. It combines epic worldbuilding with action fantasy, drawing from Celtic animism and the landscapes of Scotland. “Why not have your action fantasy in a rich and fascinating world?” Green once asked. The story follows Floré, a retired warrior in a junta-ruled land, who searches for her daughter, stolen by lights from a mysterious arcane storm.
His latest novel, Extremophile, takes place in a near-future London facing climate collapse. The story involves biohackers hired by eco-terrorists and mixes science fiction with fast-paced thriller elements. Green described it as “the mutant love child of Neuromancer and The Water Knife.”
As a writer, he is drawn to the physical world. “Even where the most fantastical elements are occurring,” he said, “tying the reader into the characters’ senses has always been important to me.” He credits this to early influences such as the richly detailed world of Redwall.
Ian Green is now based in Türkiye.
Photo credit: www.ianthegreen.com
Ian Green holds a PhD in clinical epigenetics. In early interviews, he credited his love of genre to watching Star Wars during its 20th anniversary cinema release. “The scope and scale, the fun and action—it absolutely swept me away,” he recalled. He also spoke of reading The Lord of the Rings at a young age, although he didn't fully understand it. “From then, a spark was lit,” he said.
Before his novels, Green’s fiction was published widely. He won the BBC Radio 4 Opening Lines competition and the Futurebook Future Fiction prize. In 2022, he was shortlisted for Best Newcomer at the British Fantasy Awards.
The Rotstorm trilogy was published by Ad Astra, an imprint of Head of Zeus. It combines epic worldbuilding with action fantasy, drawing from Celtic animism and the landscapes of Scotland. “Why not have your action fantasy in a rich and fascinating world?” Green once asked. The story follows Floré, a retired warrior in a junta-ruled land, who searches for her daughter, stolen by lights from a mysterious arcane storm.
His latest novel, Extremophile, takes place in a near-future London facing climate collapse. The story involves biohackers hired by eco-terrorists and mixes science fiction with fast-paced thriller elements. Green described it as “the mutant love child of Neuromancer and The Water Knife.”
As a writer, he is drawn to the physical world. “Even where the most fantastical elements are occurring,” he said, “tying the reader into the characters’ senses has always been important to me.” He credits this to early influences such as the richly detailed world of Redwall.
Ian Green is now based in Türkiye.
Photo credit: www.ianthegreen.com
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