Allen Steele

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Allen M. Steele
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Steele (2006)
BornAllen Mulherin Steele, Jr.
(1958-01-19) January 19, 1958 (age 67)
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.[ citation needed ]
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • short story author
  • essayist
  • journalist
Genre Science fiction
Notable works Coyote

Allen Mulherin Steele, Jr. (born January 19, 1958) is an American journalist and science fiction author.

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Background

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]

Writing

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 .

Awards

Allen Steele received several awards for his writing: [4]

Bibliography

Novels

Near-Space series
also calledRude Astronauts series
Coyote series [a]
Captain Future series

Chapbooks

Short fiction

Collections
Stories
TitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collectedNotes
John Harper Wilson1989Steele, Allen M. (June 1989). "John Harper Wilson". Asimov's Science Fiction. 13 (6): 78–91.
Goddard's People 1991Asimov's Science Fiction, July 1991
Riders in the Sky1994 Alternate Outlaws edited by Mike Resnick
The Death of Captain Future1995Asimov's Science Fiction, October 1995Dozois, 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 Mars2010Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2010Dozois, Gardner, ed. (2011). The mammoth book of best new SF 24. Robinson.
Sixteen Million Leagues from Versailles2013"Sixteen million leagues from Versailles". Analog . 133 (10): 8–22. October 2013.
Martian Blood2013Dozois, Gardner; Martin, George R R, eds. (2013). Old Mars . Bantam Books. [7] [8]
  • Dozois, Gardner, ed. (2014). The year's best science fiction : thirty-first annual collection. St Martin's Griffin.
  • Dozois, Gardner, ed. (2014). The mammoth book of best new SF 27. Robinson.
The Legion of Tomorrow2014Steele, Allen M. (July 2014). "The Legion of Tomorrow". Asimov's Science Fiction. 38 (7): 70–102.
The Prodigal Son2014Steele, Allen M. (October–November 2014). "The prodigal son". Asimov's Science Fiction. 38 (10–11): 150–181.Novella
Frogheads2015Dozois, Gardner; Martin, George R R, eds. (2015). Old Venus . Bantam Books. [9]
The long wait2015Steele, Allen M. (January 2015). "The long wait". Asimov's Science Fiction. 39 (1): 70–100.Novella
Starship Mountain2018Steele, Allen M. (July–August 2018). "Starship Mountain". Asimov's Science Fiction.
The Lost Testament2019Steele, Allen M. (March–April 2019). "The Lost Testament". Asimov's Science Fiction.

Non-fiction

Critical studies and reviews of Steele's work

Arkwright
Tales of Time and Space

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Notes
  1. ↑ "Official site: Bibliography" . Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  2. ↑ Allen Steele Announces New Coyote Books Archived 2010-01-16 at the Wayback Machine , CoyoteSeries.com, 2008-05-16
  3. ↑ Coyote Destiny: Allen Steele’s great space colonization series continues, Tor.com (and comments by author in Coyote Destiny introduction), 2010-02-26

References

  1. ↑ "Allen Steele Bio". Retrieved 22 July 2015
  2. ↑ Thomas, Lynne. "LibGuides. Rare Books and Special Collections At Northern Illinois University. Previous SFWA Officers Listing". libguides.niu.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-10-22. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
  3. ↑ United States Congress. House Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (2001), Vision 2001 : future space : hearing before the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Committee on Science, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, first session, April 3, 2001, U.S. G.P.O, ISBN   978-0-16-065955-3
  4. ↑ Steele, Allen. "Allen Steele Biography". allensteele.com. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  5. ↑ "Steele and Kondo Win 2013 Heinlein Award". locusmag.com. Locus Publications. 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  6. ↑ "Asimov's Readers' Awards". asimovs.com. Penny Publications, LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-11-22. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  7. ↑ DeNardo, John (February 14, 2013). George R.R. Martin; Gardner Dozois (eds.). "TOC: Old Mars". SF Signal . Archived from the original on December 24, 2014. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
  8. ↑ Bedford, Robert H. (October 8, 2013). George R.R. Martin; Gardner Dozois (eds.). "Mars as We Thought it Could Be: Old Mars". Tor.com. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Not A Blog: Venus In March". GRRM.livejournal.com. June 19, 2014. Archived from the original on August 21, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
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