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Ann Carol Crispin (April 5, 1950 – September 6, 2013) was an American science fiction writer, the author of twenty-three published novels. She wrote several Star Trek and Star Wars novelizations and created an original science fiction series called StarBridge.

Alastair Reynolds is the author of the gripping science fiction novel Dead Man's Hand and the thought-provoking collection Other Worlds Than These. If you enjoy stories that explore the unknown, his work is definitely worth checking out.

Anne McCaffrey is the author of the classic science fiction novel Dragonflight. Her work often explores themes of fantasy and science fiction, and she also contributed to educational literature with Prentice Hall Literature--Silver.

Brian Herbert (born June 29, 1947, in Seattle, Washington) is an American science fiction author and the son of Frank Herbert, creator of the Dune series. Since 1999 he has co-written numerous New York Times bestselling Dune prequels and sequels with Kevin J. Anderson, expanding his father's universe. In 2003 he published Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert, a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Related Work. He also writes solo science fiction, including the Timeweb trilogy, and ha...

Bryan Thomas Schmidt writes science fiction and fantasy, including books like Infinite Stars, Decision Points, and Shattered Shields. He's also contributed to the Predator universe and Mission: Tomorrow. His work often features military and future-focused themes.

Catherine Asaro is a writer of science fiction and paranormal romance. Look for her books such as Infinite Stars, Irresistible Forces, and Best New Paranormal Romance.

Cordwainer Smith wrote the science fiction classic Galaxy. His stories are known for their imaginative worlds and unique characters. If you enjoy classic sci-fi, you'll want to check out his work.

Dave Bara writes science fiction, specializing in space opera adventures. He is known for his Infinite Stars series, as well as standalone novels like Impulse, Defiant, and Saint Cochrane's World.

The Army took David Drake from Duke Law School and sent him on a motorized tour of Viet Nam and Cambodia with the 11th Cav, the Blackhorse. He learned new skills, saw interesting sights, and met exotic people who hadn’t run fast enough to get away. 
 
 Dave returned to become Chapel Hill’s Assistant Town Attorney and to try to put his life back together through fiction making sense of his Army experiences. 
 
 Dave describes war from where he saw it: the loader’s hatch of a tank...

David Mark Weber (born October 24, 1952, in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American science fiction and fantasy author, best known for the military science fiction Honor Harrington series, beginning with On Basilisk Station. He also writes the Safehold series, the Dahak Saga and the Oath of Swords fantasy series, along with collaborations including the Starfire series with Steve White, the Empire of Man series with John Ringo, and the Ring of Fire series with Eric Flint. His first novel sold to Baen B...

Edmond Hamilton was a writer who brought us stories like The Last Man on Earth. He was a master of science fiction, creating worlds that explored the future and the unknown.

Elizabeth Moon is the author of the fantasy collection Swords Against Darkness. Her work often explores themes of military science fiction and fantasy.

Pseudonym for John G. Hemry.

Jerry Pournelle was a writer who brought us the epic space opera The Mote in God's Eye. He was known for his science fiction, often exploring military and political themes. You'll find his work a great read if you enjoy grand-scale adventures.

Kevin J. Anderson has published more than 170 books, 58 of which have been national or international bestsellers. He has written numerous novels in the Star Wars, X-Files, and Dune universes, as well as unique steampunk fantasy novels Clockwork Angels and Clockwork Lives, written with legendary rock drummer Neil Peart. His original works include the Saga of Seven Suns series, the Wake the Dragon and Terra Incognita fantasy trilogies, the Saga of Shadows trilogy, and his humorous horror series fe...

Laurence van Cott Niven — known as Larry Niven — is an American science fiction writer. His best-known work is Ringworld (1970), which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. The Science Fiction Writers of America named him the 2015 recipient of the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics. It also often includes elements of detective fiction and adventure stories. His fantasy includes the se...

Leigh Brackett was born in in Los Angeles, California and raised near Santa Monica. She spent her youth as an athletic tom-boy, playing volleyball and reading stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs and H. Rider Haggard. She began writing fantastic adventures of her own, and her first published science fiction story was "Martian Quest", which appeared in the February 1940 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. Her first novel, No Good from a Corpse (1944), was a hard-boiled mystery novel. This novel i...

Linda Nagata is an author known for her science fiction novels and short stories. Her works include Hepen the Watcher, Cosmic Powers, and La vida secreta de los bots y otros relatos. You can also find her stories in anthologies like The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 10 and Infinite Stars.

One of the most respected writers in the field of speculative fiction, Lois McMaster Bujold burst onto the scene in 1986 with Shards of Honor, the first of her tremendously popular Vorkosigan Saga novels. She has received numerous accolades and prizes, including the Nebula Award (for Falling Free), three Hugo Awards for Best Novel (The Vor Game, Barrayar, and Mirror Dance), as well as the Hugo and Nebula Awards for her novella Mountains of Mourning. Her short story, “Labyrinth,” won first pl...

Nnedimma Nkemdili "Nnedi" Okorafor(a) (formerly Okorafor-Mbachu; born April 8, 1974) is a Nigerian-American writer of fantasy and science fiction for both children and adults. She is best known for her Binti Series and her novels Who Fears Death, Zahrah the Windseeker, Akata Witch, Akata Warrior, Lagoon and Remote Control. She has also written for comics and film. Her writing, which she describes as "Africanfuturism" and "Africanjujuism", is heavily influenced by her dual Nigerian and America...

Orson Scott Card is an American novelist, critic, public speaker, essayist and columnist. He writes in several genres but is known best for science fiction. His novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986) both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the only author to win both science fiction's top U.S. prizes in consecutive years.

Poul William Anderson was an American science fiction author who began his career during one of the Golden Ages of the genre and continued to write and remain popular into the 21st century. Anderson also authored several works of fantasy, historical novels, and a prodigious number of short stories. He received numerous awards for his writing, including seven Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards. Anderson received a degree in physics from the University of Minnesota in 1948. He married Karen Kr...

Robert Silverberg is an American author, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Silverberg received a Nebula award in 1986 for his novella Sailing to Byzantium, which takes its name from Yeats' poem; a Hugo in 1990 for Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another; and in 2004 he was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America. ([Source][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Silverberg

New York Times bestselling author William C. Dietz has published more than fifty novels some of which have been translated into German, French, Russian, Korean and Japanese. Dietz also wrote the script for the Legion of the Damned game (i-Phone, i-Touch, & i-Pad) based on his book of the same name--and co-wrote SONY's Resistance: Burning Skies game for the PS Vita. Dietz grew up in the Seattle area, spent time with the Navy and Marine Corps as a medic, graduated from the University of Washi...