China Tom Miéville, born on 6 September 1972 in Norwich, is a critically acclaimed British speculative fiction writer and literary critic. Best known for his "weird fiction", Miéville's works are often associated with the New Weird movement, an initiative to diverge from traditional fantasy clichés influenced by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Miéville's contributions to literature have been recognized with numerous prestigious awards, including multiple Arthur C. Clarke Awards, British Fantasy Awards, BSFA Awards, Hugo Awards, Locus Awards, and World Fantasy Awards. He notably holds the record for the most wins of the Arthur C. Clarke Award. His seminal work, Perdido Street Station, has been lauded as one of the best fantasy novels of the 20th century by Locus.

Apart from his literary career, Miéville is deeply involved in left-wing politics. He has been affiliated with various socialist organizations, including the Socialist Workers Party and Left Unity, which he co-founded. He is not averse to taking his activism to the electoral stage, having stood for election in the UK's House of Commons as part of the Socialist Alliance.

Miéville's academic efforts include his PhD thesis on Marxism and international law, which was later published as a book. His commitment to education is evidenced by his roles as Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Warwick University, Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London, and Writer-in-Residence at Roosevelt University in Chicago. In 2015, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and in 2018, he was a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship for fiction. He is also a founding editor of the journal Salvage.