Editing Ken MacLeod (section)

{{short description|Scottish science fiction writer}}
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{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] -->
| name             = Ken MacLeod
| image            = Ken McLeod 2005.JPG
| imagesize        = 270px
| caption          = Addressing the [[63rd World Science Fiction Convention]], [[Glasgow]], August 2005
| birth_name       = Kenneth Macrae MacLeod
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1954|08|02|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = [[Stornoway]], [[Ross and Cromarty]], Scotland
| death_date       = 
| occupation       = Writer
| nationality      = Scottish
| awards           = [[BSFA Award]], [[Prometheus Award]]
| period           = 
| genre            = [[Science fiction]]
| signature        = 
| website          = {{URL|kenmacleod.blogspot.com}}
| language         = English
| alma_mater       = [[University of Glasgow]] (BS)
| children         = 2
}}
[[File:Ken & Carol MacLeod, Boskone 43, 2006.jpg|thumb|Ken and Carol MacLeod at Boskone 43, 2006]]
'''Kenneth Macrae MacLeod''' (born 2 August 1954) is a Scottish [[science fiction]] writer. His novels ''The Sky Road'' and ''[[The Night Sessions]]'' won the [[BSFA Award for Best Novel|BSFA Award]]. MacLeod's novels have been nominated for the [[Arthur C. Clarke Award|Arthur C. Clarke]], [[Hugo Award for Best Novel|Hugo]], [[Nebula Award for Best Novel|Nebula]], [[Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel|Locus]], and [[John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel|Campbell Memorial]] awards for best novel on multiple occasions. In 2024 MacLeod was one of the Guests of Honour at the [[82nd World Science Fiction Convention]]  in Glasgow.<ref>[https://glasgow2024.org/]</ref>

A [[Technological utopianism|techno-utopianist]], MacLeod's work makes frequent use of [[Libertarian socialism|libertarian socialist]] themes; he is a three-time winner of the libertarian [[Prometheus Award]]. He sits on the advisory board of the [[Edinburgh Science#Edinburgh Science Festival|Edinburgh Science Festival]].