Ian Whates is a British speculative fiction author and editor.
In 2006 he launched the independent publishing house NewCon Press.
[2] He has had short fiction published in Nature, Hub and TQR.
In 2007 his short story The Gift of Joy was nominated for the British Science Fiction Award.
[3] His space opera novel, Pelquin's Comet (The Dark Angels Book 1), was published in 2015.