After studying Sociology, History and Politics at the Glasgow Caledonian University, Gary Gibson worked as a "small press" comics magazine editor before following courses in desktop publishing and design and subsequently freelancing as a graphic designer. After marrying Emma, Gibson relocated to Taiwan before moving back to Glasgow in 2010. Gary Gibson plays guitar.
He also keeps a blog called White Screen of Despair and a profile on Twitter.
After publishing some short stories Gary Gibson saw his first novel, Angel Stations, released in 2004 by Tor, that was nominated in 2005 by the British Fantasy Society for the award of best novel of the year, award that was eventually won by Stephen King with The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower. He followed up the following year with Against Gravity, also nominated by the British Fantasy Society for the best novel of the year award won that year by Neil Gaiman"s Anansi Boys.
He is a member of the Glasgow Science Fiction Writers Circle. The series introduced the characters of Dakota Merrick, Lucas Corso and the alien Trader-in-Faecal-Matter-of-Animals, a fish-like member of the Shoal race, who rule all inhabited space through their exclusive knowledge of the secret of faster-than-light traveling
