T. M. Clayton is the author of the groundbreaking Collision series. Growing up in Manchester, UK-otherwise known as "Rain City"-Clayton developed an inextinguishable love of science fiction while stuck in the house on wet days, utterly devouring anything and everything from his parent's VHS collection. His infatuation would manifest in young adulthood as an irrepressible desire to create his own fantastical worlds, inspired by the dystopian, "kitbashed" sci-fi cinema of the '70s and '80s. Though he works full time for an engineering company, Clayton devotes every spare minute to his mission of crafting emotionally resonant stories, interweaved with contemporary sociopolitical commentary and set against a backdrop of gritty, mind-bending science fiction.