Henry Gee was born in London in 1962. In due course he obtained his Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Leeds, and his Ph. D. at the University of Cambridge. In 1987 he joined the staff of "Nature", the international science magazine. He is the author of "The Science of Middle Earth", "Jacob's Ladder", "In Search of Deep Time" and (with Luis V. Rey) "A Field Guide to Dinosaurs". The Futures SF column in "Nature", which he devised, garnered "Nature" the award of Best SF Publisher from the European Science Fiction Society. Henry Gee has recently moved to the seaside town of Cromer in Norfolk, where he lives with his wife, two children, and numerous pets.