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Nicholas Binge

Nicholas Binge is an author of science fiction and horror, and is a grandson of music composer Ronald Binge. He also writes crime fiction under the pseudonym Nick Brucker.

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Nicholas Binge
Binge in 2022
Binge in 2022
Born (1990-03-05) 5 March 1990
Singapore
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityBritish
GenreScience fiction, Horror
Notable workAscension, Dissolution

Nicholas Binge is an author of science fiction and horror, and is a grandson of music composer Ronald Binge. He also writes crime fiction under the pseudonym Nick Brucker.1

His works include the novels Ascension and Dissolution, as well as the novellas Extremity and Abyss. He has won or been nominated for the Proverse Prize for Fiction,2 the Goodreads Choice Awards,3 and the Premio Ignotus.4 His work has been translated into over twenty-five languages and he has multiple projects in development for film and television.56

Binge was born in Singapore, and has lived in Switzerland, Hong Kong, and the UK. He currently lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he lectures in creative writing.78

Career

His first novel, Professor Everywhere, was selected as a prize-winner by the Proverse Prize for Literature in 2020.9 In 2023, his speculative thriller, Ascension, sold at auction to Harper Voyager in the UK, as well to Riverhead Books in the United States,710 as well as selling the translation rights into ten other territories. It was also optioned for a major motion picture.811121314

His 2025 novel, Dissolution, released to critical acclaim from The New York Times,15 The Guardian,16 New Scientist,17 and more. It is being adapted into a major motion picture by Sony Pictures and Temple Hill Entertainment, with Oscar-nominated Eric Heisserer penning the adaptation.18

As well as future novels from Harper Voyager UK / Riverhead Books, Binge sold two works to Tor, both releasing to critical acclaim in their respective genre spaces. The first, Extremity, published in October 2025 and was described by Fantasy Hive as "being easily in the running for the best novella of the year."19 The second, Abyss, was published under Tor's horror imprint Nightfire, and slated as "The horror book for our modern age" by Grimdark Magazine. 20

Under his pen name Nick Brucker, Binge sold the novel White Smoke, ‘a page-turning heist set among a group of duplicitous conmen and thieves, who are determined to steal the Vatican’s most remarkable treasures’, to Bonnier Books imprint Zaffre in early 2026 for six-figures at what was reported to be a highly competitive seven-publisher auction.21 It has since sold in at least 23 territories internationally for translation and Deadline reported that it was being adapted by A24 for a prestige television series with Benedict Cumberbatch producing and starring in a lead role.22

His next published novel will be Exhumation, once again with Harper Voyager UK and Riverhead Books, in October 2026.23

Published Works

  • 2020. Professor Everywhere. Proverse Hong Kong. ISBN 978-9888491858
  • 2023. Ascension. Harper Voyager UK / Riverhead Books. ISBN 978-0008505813
  • 2025. Dissolution. Harper Voyager UK / Riverhead Books. ISBN 978-0008668822
  • 2025. Extremity. Tordotcom / Tor UK. ISBN 978-1035085866
  • 2026. Abyss. Tor Nightfire / Tor UK. ISBN 978-1037402098
  • 2026. Exhumation. Harper Voyager UK / Riverhead Books. ISBN 979-8217179183
  • 2027. White Smoke. Bonnier Books UK
References

References

  1. https://www.nicholasbinge.com/about
  2. "Nicholas Binge Ascending". 30 May 2023.
  3. "Announcing the Goodreads Choice Winner in Best Science Fiction!".
  4. "Finalistas de los premios Ignotus 2024". 5 July 2024.
  5. https://www.nicholasbinge.com/about
  6. https://greyhoundliterary.co.uk/books/white-smoke
  7. "HarperVoyager wins auction for chilling science fiction thriller". HarperCollins Publishers - HCUK Corporate.
  8. "About". Nicholas Binge. 6 April 2023.
  9. "Nicholas Binge Ascending". 30 May 2023.
  10. "Nicholas Binge | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com.
  11. "Könyv: Nicholas Binge: Felemelkedés". Agave Könyvek.
  12. "Himmelfahrt von Binge, Nicholas, Jellinghaus, Silke, Naumann, Katharina: Mission in den Tod | Überlebenskampf am Berg: Dieser Wissenschafts-Thriller ist das Leseerlebnis 2023". Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  13. "Na vrchol - Nicholas Binge". www.knihydobrovsky.cz. 22 December 2023.
  14. "ASCENSIÓN | NICHOLAS BINGE | Minotauro | Casa del Libro". casadellibro. 31 May 2023.
  15. Lyall, Sarah (17 March 2025). "3 Heart-Pounding, High-Stakes New Thrillers". The New York Times.
  16. Tuttle, Lisa (7 March 2025). "The best recent science fiction and fantasy – review roundup". The Guardian.
  17. "Sci-fi thriller Dissolution smartly interweaves time travel and memory".
  18. "'Arrival' Scribe Eric Heisserer & His Chronology Label Ink First Look with Sony Pictures". 5 August 2024.
  19. https://fantasy-hive.co.uk/2025/09/extremity-by-nicholas-binge-book-review/
  20. https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-abyss-by-nicholas-binge/
  21. https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/vatican-set-heist-thriller-goes-to-zaffre-for-six-figures-in-seven-way-auction
  22. https://deadline.com/2026/04/benedict-cumberbatch-a24-nick-brucker-white-smoke-1236867710/
  23. https://www.nicholasbinge.com/exhumation