James P. Hogan

James P. Hogan (1941–2010) was a British science fiction author best known for hard SF grounded in engineering and physics.

Born James Patrick Hogan in London, he trained in engineering at the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough and worked for years as a design engineer and sales engineer, including stints at Honeywell and Digital Equipment Corporation, before becoming a full-time writer in 1979.

His debut novel, Inherit the Stars (1977), began the Giants (Minervan Experiment) series, which he continued across five books through Mission to Minerva (2005). His other novels include Voyage from Yesteryear, Code of the Lifemaker and The Proteus Operation. He won multiple Seiun Awards and two Prometheus Awards, and his work found a particularly large readership in Japan.

He later lived in Ireland, where he died in 2010.