Christopher Priest(1943-2024)

British novelist, short story writer, and anthology editor Christopher Priest should not be confused with James Owsley, the American comic book writer who legally changed his name to Christopher James Priest (aka Christopher J. Priest, C. J. Priest, or simply Priest). Unfortunately, the two have been confused by consumers - who buy works by one, expecting the works to have been created by the other. In a November 2004 interview, the "real" Priest showed some anger about this confusion, saying he thought it "a bit bleeding irritating to have my name pinched by another writer," and made an open plea to DC Comics, Inc.: "If Jim must use a pseudonym, why doesn't he pick a really silly one, like, say, Harlan Ellison?".

Perception of memory, and understanding it, is probably the central theme in most of my novels. [interview in The Third Alternative magazine, 1998]