The son of a locomotive engineer and a nurse, Douglas Arthur Hill was born April 6, 1935, in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. He earned his B.A.

Hill began his career as a free-lance writer in 1959, moving to London, England, where he still resides. His varied interests are reflected in his works as well as the positions he has held for different publishing concerns. He served as an editor for Aldus Books Ltd. in London from 1962 to 1964, and he was the literary editor for the Tribune, a weekly London paper, from 1971 to 1984. He was employed by Rupert Hart-Davis as a science fiction adviser from 1966 to 1968. He held the same position from 1969 to 1971 with Mayflower Books, from 1972 to 1974 for J. M. Dent & Sons, and from 1974 to 1982 for Pan...