Robert Rankin
Robert Rankin is a British author of comedic fantasy novels. He writes the Brentford series, Cornelius Murphy series, Japanese Devil Fish Girl series, and more. Robert often sets his novels in Brentford, which is the London suburb he grew up in. He mixes science fiction, occult, urban legends, gags, metafiction and steampunk together. His goal became to create a new genre called Far-Fetched Fiction, and get its own section into bookstores.