What type of authors are Alfred Bester and Iain Banks?
Alfred Bester Alfred Bester (December 18, 1913 – September 30, 1987) was an American science fiction author, TV and radio scriptwriter, magazine editor and scripter for comic strips and comic books. Though successful in all these fields, he is best remembered for his science fiction, including "The Demolished Man", winner of the inaugural Hugo Award in 1953.
Adam Chamberlain Adam Chamberlain (born 8 January 1972) is an English author based in London. He was awarded the internal Shell/"The Economist" Writing Prize in 2003 for his essay "Beyond Nature," an investigation of mankind's relationship with the natural world, and later lectured on the contents of that essay. He has since published short fiction in addition to work on plays and screenplays. "Columbia & Britannia", an alternate history anthology Adam Chamberlain edited with Brian A. Dixon, was nominated for the 2010 Sidewise Award for Alternate History. Chamberlain and Dixon are also the editors of "Back to Frank Black" (2012), a volume of original essays and interviews celebrating Chris Carter's "Millennium".