Fred Hoyle wrote and co-wrote a large collection of books through his lifetime.

He popularised science through his non-fictional work, in particular with The Nature of the Universe in 1950 and The Intelligent Universe in 1985.

Between himself and his colleagues Chandra Wickramasinghe, Jayant Narlikar and Geoffrey Burbidge they embraced the fields of astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology and bioscience in an engaging and enlightening way.

Fred published two autobiographies during his lifetime, the first The Small World of Fred Hoyle a short insight into his early years before the start of the second World War and the second Home is Where the Wind Blows tells a personal story about the development of his academic career and the reactions by the scientific community in a charming and witty style.

Fred's first leap into the science fiction first took hold upon his publication of The Black Cloud in 1957. From then on he held the science fiction fan in a spellbinding world of wry humour and scientific possibilities. Many of the books written were with his son Geoffrey along with a selection of children's books.

A collaboration with John Elliot saw the birth of A for Andromeda a popular television series broadcast by the BBC with its sequel Andromeda Breakthrough .