Gareth Lyn Powell is a science fiction author.Powell's first book, "The Last Reef and Other Stories," was published in 2008, and his first novel, "Silversands," was published in 2010.Powell’s short stories have appeared in Interzone, Solaris Rising 3, and The Year’s Best Science Fiction. He has won the BSFA Award for Best Novel twice: for "Ack-Ack Macaque" in 2013 and for "Embers of War" in 2019.Powell studied humanities and creative writing at the University of Glamorgan (now the University of South Wales).