""The Gone-Away World" was nominated in 2009 for a Locus Award for Best First Novel and a BSFA Award for Best Novel.Thomas Taylour, 3rd Marquess of Headfort

Thomas Taylour, 3rd Marquess of Headfort KP PC (I) (1 November 1822 – 22 July 1894) was an Irish peer, styled Lord Kenlis until 1829 and Earl of Bective from 1829 to 1870.