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| Born | Allen Mulherin Steele, Jr. January 19, 1958 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.[ citation needed ] |
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| Genre | Science fiction |
| Notable works | Coyote |
Allen Mulherin Steele, Jr. (born January 19, 1958) is an American journalist and science fiction author.
Steele was born in Nashville, Tennessee on January 19, 1958. He was introduced to science fiction fandom attending meetings of Nashville's science fiction club. He graduated high school from the Webb School in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, received a bachelor's degree from New England College and a master's from the University of Missouri. [1]
Before he established himself as a science fiction author, he spent several years working as a journalist. Steele began publishing short stories in 1988. His early novels formed a future history beginning with Orbital Decay and continuing through Labyrinth of Night. Some of his early novels such as Orbital Decay and Lunar Descent were about blue-collar workers working on future construction projects in space. Since 1992, he has tended to focus on stand-alone projects and short stories, although he has written five novels about the moon Coyote.
Steele serves on the Board of Advisors for both the Space Frontier Foundation and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and he is a former member (Eastern Regional Director) of the SFWA Board of Directors. [2] In April 2001, he testified before the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics of the U.S. House of Representatives, in hearings regarding space exploration in the 21st century. [3]
In 2004, he contributed a chapter to the collaborative hoax novel, Atlanta Nights .
Allen Steele received several awards for his writing: [4]
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| Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
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| John Harper Wilson | 1989 | Steele, Allen M. (June 1989). "John Harper Wilson". Asimov's Science Fiction. 13 (6): 78–91. | ||
| Goddard's People | 1991 | Asimov's Science Fiction, July 1991 | ||
| Riders in the Sky | 1994 | Alternate Outlaws edited by Mike Resnick | ||
| The Death of Captain Future | 1995 | Asimov's Science Fiction, October 1995 | Dozois, Gardner, ed. (1996). The year's best science fiction : thirteenth annual collection. St Martin's Griffin. | |
| '... Where Angels Fear to Tread' | 1997 | |||
| The Emperor of Mars | 2010 | Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2010 | Dozois, Gardner, ed. (2011). The mammoth book of best new SF 24. Robinson. | |
| Sixteen Million Leagues from Versailles | 2013 | "Sixteen million leagues from Versailles". Analog . 133 (10): 8–22. October 2013. | ||
| Martian Blood | 2013 | Dozois, Gardner; Martin, George R R, eds. (2013). Old Mars . Bantam Books. [7] [8] |
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| The Legion of Tomorrow | 2014 | Steele, Allen M. (July 2014). "The Legion of Tomorrow". Asimov's Science Fiction. 38 (7): 70–102. | ||
| The Prodigal Son | 2014 | Steele, Allen M. (October–November 2014). "The prodigal son". Asimov's Science Fiction. 38 (10–11): 150–181. | Novella | |
| Frogheads | 2015 | Dozois, Gardner; Martin, George R R, eds. (2015). Old Venus . Bantam Books. [9] | ||
| The long wait | 2015 | Steele, Allen M. (January 2015). "The long wait". Asimov's Science Fiction. 39 (1): 70–100. | Novella | |
| Starship Mountain | 2018 | Steele, Allen M. (July–August 2018). "Starship Mountain". Asimov's Science Fiction. | ||
| The Lost Testament | 2019 | Steele, Allen M. (March–April 2019). "The Lost Testament". Asimov's Science Fiction. |
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