Editing John Brunner (author) (section)

==Life==
Brunner was born in 1934 in [[Preston Crowmarsh]], near [[Wallingford, Oxfordshire|Wallingford]] in [[Oxfordshire]], and went to school at [[St Andrew's School, Pangbourne|St Andrew's Prep School, Pangbourne]]. He did his upper studies at [[Cheltenham College]]. He wrote his first novel, ''Galactic Storm'', at 17, and published it under the pen-name Gill Hunt. He did not start writing full-time until 1958, some years after his military service.<ref name="encyc" />

He served as an officer in the [[Royal Air Force]] from 1953 to 1955. He married Marjorie Rosamond Sauer on 12 July 1958.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-john-brunner-1598748.html|title=OBITUARY:John Brunner|author=David V. Barratt|work=[[The Independent]]|date=30 August 1995}}</ref>

Brunner had an uneasy relationship with British [[New Wave (science fiction)|new wave]] writers, who often considered him too American in his settings and themes. He attempted to shift to a more mainstream readership in the early 1980s, without success. Before his death, most of his books had fallen out of print. Brunner accused publishers of a conspiracy against him, although he was known to be difficult to deal with. His wife, Marjorie Brunner, had handled his publishing relations before she died.<ref>Smith, Jad, [http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/96pne3gh9780252037337.html ''John Brunner''], University of Illinois Press.</ref>

Brunner's health began to decline in the 1980s and worsened with the death of his wife in 1986. He remarried, to Li Yi Tan, on 27 September 1991. He died of a heart attack in Glasgow on 25 August 1995, while attending the [[53rd World Science Fiction Convention|World Science Fiction Convention]] there.<ref name="obit" />