China Miéville

Winner for Perdido Street Station (2001), Iron Council (2005) and The City & The City (2010)

“[Winning the Clarke meant a lot] both in terms of notice from the outside, but also, at least as important for me, and I presume for most writers, in internal terms – the validation that this is worth doing, that there’s a there there. I like the visionary/ecstatic elements of Clarke’s writing, and feel a warmth about that association, but I think that’s post-facto rationalising, which is no bad thing.”