JOSEPH DARLINGTON is a writer from Manchester, England. He was nominated for the Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction in 2018, and has co-edited the Manchester Review of Books since 2016. The Girl Beneath the Ice is his first published novel, a young adult thriller. The Disruptors was released in 2024, and is part one in a two part science fiction series. The Disruptors 2: Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand is coming 2025.