McDonald 's '' River of Gods '' ( 2004 ) is set in mid-21st-century India ; it won the BSFA award , and was nominated for a Hugo Award and a Clarke Award . '' Brasyl '' ( 2007 ) is set in the 18th and 21st centuries in Lusophone South America ; it won the BSFA award , and was nominated for a Hugo Award and the Warwick Prize for Writing . McDonald began his '' Everness '' series of young adult fiction novels in 2011 with '' Planesrunner '' . He said in a 2014 interview , " I did n't want to get stuck doing the same SF books over and over , successful though they may be . I did n't want to keep writing books about the developing economy of the year — India , Brazil . I could feel myself getting trapped in that . " He has written two '' Everness '' sequels , '' Be My Enemy '' ( 2012 ) , and '' Empress of the Sun '' ( 2014 )
Clarke Award
Arthur C. Clarke Award
Ian McDonald (British author)