“K.J.Heritage’s uncanny sense of pacing and story puts him at the forefront of today’s speculative fiction writers.”
– Samuel Peralta, Amazon bestselling author and creator of The Future Chronicles.
K.J.HERITAGE is a bestselling British author of mystery science fiction, crime, action-adventure and epic fantasy. His fiction blends suspense, pace, big ideas and dark wit.
HIS first short story, Escaping the Cradle, was runner-up in the 2005 Clarke-Bradbury International Science Fiction Competition, and his short fiction has appeared in anthologies alongside writers including Hugh Howey and Samuel Peralta. His story Churchill’s Rock, from Chronicle Worlds: Legacy Fleet, travelled to the Moon as part of the Lunar Codex Peregrine mission in 2024.
HE HAS worked all the requisite ‘writer jobs’ such as driver’s mate, factory gateman, barman, labourer, telesales operative, sales assistant, warehouseman, IT contractor, Student Union President, university IT helpdesk guy, British Rail signal software designer, Premiership football website designer, gigging musician, company director, graphic designer, stand-up comedian, sound engineer, improv artist, magazine editor and web journo… Although he doesn’t like to talk about it. Mostly… Maybe a little bit.
K.J.HERITAGE was born in the UK in one of the more interesting previous centuries. Originally from Derbyshire, he now lives in the seaside town of Brighton. He is a tea drinker, cancer survivor, and neurodiverse (ASD) human being.
HE also writes and performs New Wave/Synthpop retro-hybrid electronica with AuDHD themes as the artist, Kick Lizard.
