Pollen by Jeff Noon

Pollen by Jeff Noon

The sweet death of Coyote, master taxi driver, was only the first. Soon people are sneezing and dying all over Manchester. Telekinetic cop Sybil Jones knows that, like Coyote, they died happy - but even a happy death can be a murder. As exotic blooms begin to flower all over the city, the pollen count is racing towards 2000 and Sybil is running out of time.

Jeff Noon was born in Manchester in 1957. He was trained in the visual arts, and was musically active on the punk scene before starting to write plays for the theatre. His first novel, Vurt, was published in 1993 and went on to win critical acclaim and the Arthur C. Clarke Award. He went on to write Pollen, set in the same world as Vurt, and many other novels including Automated Alice, Pixel Juice and Needle in the Groove. His latest novel is Channel SK1N. You can find out more about Jeff and his books at www.metamorphiction.com.

Jeff Noon is a British novelist, short story writer, and dramatist who has won numerous awards. For Vurt, he received the Arthur C Clarke Award, the John W Campbell Award for Outstanding New Writer, a Tinniswood Award for radio drama innovation, and the Mobil Prize for playwriting. He had a background in the visual arts and was a punk musician before turning to writing plays for the stage. His work covers the science fiction and fantasy genres, with a focus on the ever-shifting line between genre fiction and the avant-garde. Author's website: jeffnoon.weebly.comtwitter.com/jeffnoon Author's hometown: Brighton, United Kingdom