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| Born | September 26, 1957 Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Alma mater | Boston University |
| Spouse | Eleanore Fox |
| Children | 2 [1] |
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Roger MacBride Allen (born September 26, 1957) is an American science fiction author. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and grew up outside of Washington, D.C., graduating from Walt Whitman High School. [2] He graduated from Boston University in 1979. His father was American historian and author Thomas B. Allen. [3]
Allen's family moved to Bethesda, Maryland, in 1966, when he was nine years old. He earned a degree in journalism from Boston University, after-which he returned to suburban Washington DC. [2]
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The year 1957 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
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