Empire of the Sun / Nights at the Circus

J.G. Ballard (1930-2009), an English novelist and short-story writer, was born in Shanghai and known for psychologically provocative New Wave science fiction exploring technology, sex, and mass media, with notable works including The Drowned World (1962), Crash (1973), High-Rise (1975), and the semi-autobiographical Empire of the Sun (1984), which won the Guardian Fiction Prize and James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Angela Carter (1940-1992), an English novelist and short-story writer, was renowned for feminist magical realist works reimagining fairy tales, most notably The Bloody Chamber (1979) and Nights at the Circus (1984), which won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.Angela Carter