Edward M. Lerner

Edward M. Lerner

Edward M. Lerner (born 1949) is a US author of science fiction and techno-thrillers.

As of late 2008 he has published six books. Three solo novels, one short story collection, and two novels co-authored with Larry Niven in the Fleet of Worlds universe. A majority of his work before 2006 was originally published in "Analog", while now he publishes most short fiction in Jim Baen's Universe.

His 2001 short story "Grandpa?" was made into a short film, [http://www.redheadproductions.com/grand_page.html "The Grandfather Paradox"] , and shown at the 2006 Balticon Science Fiction convention where it won the Best Film Award. It was also a semifinalist at the 2006 Science Fiction Short Film Festival.

Biography

For over thirty years Edward M. Lerner worked in the aerospace and information technology industries while writing science fiction part time. He held positions at numerous companies such as Bell Labs, Hughes Aircraft, Honeywell, and Northrop Grumman. In February 2004, after receiving a book deal for "Moonstruck", he decided to write science fiction full time. (Source: "Creative Destruction" 2006.)

Partial Bibliography

Novels

* "Probe", 1991.
* "Moonstruck", 2005.
* "Fleet of Worlds", 2007.
* "Juggler of Worlds", 2008.
* "Fools' Experiments", 2008.

Collections

* "Creative Destruction", published 2006, Wildside Press.
** "The Day of the RFIDs"
** "Survival Instinct"
** "What a Piece of Work Is Man"
** "By the Rules"
** "Iniquitous Computing"
** "Catch a Falling Star"
** "Settlement"
** "Creative Destruction"

InterstellarNet Series

* "The Science Behind the Story: InterstellarNet", non-fiction piece, [http://www.sfwa.org/members/lerner/interstellar.html] .
* "Dangling Conversations", "Analog", November 2000.
* "Creative Destruction", "Analog", March 2001. Also contained in the collection "Creative Destruction".
* "Hostile Takeover", "Analog", May 2001.
* "Strange Bedfellows", "Artemis, Science and Fiction for a Space-Faring Age", Winter 2001.
* "A New Order of Things", "Analog", May-September 2006.

Non-Series Magazine Stories

* "Settlement", "Analog", January 2001.
* "Presence of Mind", "Analog", February 2002.
* "Iniquitous Computing", "Analog", July/August 2002. Also contained in the collection "Creative Destruction".
* "Survival Instinct", "Analog", October/November 2002. Also contained in the collection "Creative Destruction". This story is a sequel to "Presence of Mind"
* "Moonstruck", "Analog", September - December 2003. Published in book form in 2005.

External links

* [http://us.macmillan.com/author/edwardmlerner Edward M. Lerner's page at Macmillan.com]
* [http://scifan.com/writers/ll/LernerMEdward.asp Bibliography] at SciFan
* [http://www.sfwa.org/members/lerner/ Edward M. Lerner's website]


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