Geoff Webster

About the Author

Geoff Webster is the author of The Gorstan Chronicles, a speculative fantasy trilogy exploring the connections between Earth, Gorstan and a vast, unstable multiverse.

Born in Birmingham, Geoff has lived in Kuwait, Singapore and several parts of the United Kingdom before settling in Oxfordshire. His experience of different countries, cultures and institutions has helped shape the societies, conflicts and characters found throughout his fiction.

Geoff began writing Findlater’s Corner while living in the Middle East. The novel grew from what he regarded as a gap on his bookshelf: a story combining fantasy, science fiction, moral uncertainty and multiverse theory without relying on a conventional struggle between absolute good and absolute evil.

Findlater’s Corner introduces Dr Dale Whyte, whose apparently ordinary life becomes entangled with Gorstan and the mysterious structure connecting different worlds. The story continues in Quantum Lattice and concludes in The Last Veil, as Dale, Cora, Ayla and their allies confront the consequences of humanity’s forgotten history, the instability spreading through the Lattice and the enigmatic intelligences observing events from beyond it.

Geoff’s influences range from the expansive world-building of J. R. R. Tolkien and the speculative ideas of Isaac Asimov to the wit and irreverence of Douglas Adams. He is also an enthusiastic reader of historical fiction, crime and adventure, particularly the work of C. S. Forester and Lee Child.

Alongside The Gorstan Chronicles, Geoff writes historical crime fiction featuring Inspector Arthur Bowley and children’s adventures starring Milly and Rosie. His work is united by an interest in ordinary people placed in extraordinary circumstances—and in the choices they make when none of the available answers is entirely right.

When he is not writing, Geoff enjoys reading, contributing to his local community and considering increasingly elaborate ways to make life difficult for his characters.

He welcomes comments and questions from readers and enjoys discussing the worlds, characters and ideas behind his books.

From an Early Reader of the Second Gorstan Novel

“The man can tell a story. The premise of the series is solid, and Webster offers a fresh idea: a human becoming a dual citizen, with a passport for Earth and another for the worlds beyond it—a permanent visa through the portals.

“He has no hesitation in bringing back characters you might prefer to remain dead, and this is one of the things that makes the story distinctive. All in all, it was an entertaining read. I await the next instalment.”

— Kev North, early reader