What English fantasy author born 6 September 1972  wrote the new introduction to The House on the Borderland and Other Novels.
China Miéville China Tom Miéville {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} ( ; born 6 September 1972) is an English fantasy fiction author, comic writer, political activist and academic. He often describes his work as weird fiction and allied to the loosely associated movement of writers sometimes called New Weird.
David Gemmell David Andrew Gemmell ( ; 1 August 1948 – 28 July 2006) was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut, "Legend". A former journalist and newspaper editor, Gemmell had his first work of fiction published in 1984. He went on to write over thirty novels. Gemmell's works display violence, yet also explore themes of honour, loyalty and redemption. There is always a strong heroic theme but nearly always the heroes are flawed in some way. With over one million copies sold, his work continues to sell worldwide.