About Me

I always wanted to be a science fiction writer when I grew up. When I realized I'd never grow up, I became one anyway.

Back in 1981, I read Titan by John Varley. For some reason, it inspired me to start writing seriously, so I started out writing a new story every two weeks and sending it off to Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. The editor, George Scithers, was very encouraging of new talent, giving critiques about why he didn't like the story. After my fourth submission, Scithers wrote, "We would like to see more of your work." My first thought was "my work? I have work?" My second thought was to keep submitting.

About a year and 30 stories later, he told me he'd buy a story if I made a few minor changes. Three rewrites later, my first story, "The Munij Deserters," was accepted.

At that point, I decided I should try to write a novel. I took characters from two unfinished stories and put them together. The result, Staroamer's Fate, was eventually published by Warner/Questar Books and made the Locus Recommended Reading List and Reader's Poll of 1986.

I'm still writing, with over 50 short stories in various locations, including The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Analog, Strange Horizons, Daily SF, and elsewhere. Full list of publications.

I'm working on novels these days. My agent is Vaugne Hansen of the Virginia Kidd Literary Agency.