Doug Beason (born 1953) is an American scientist and

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author. He graduated from the

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in 1977 with a dual major in physics and math. He started his first novel while at the Academy after returning there as an officer in the 1980s to teach physics. He is a retired

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with a PhD in

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. He is also a Fellow of the

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and has published two non-fiction books. His book "Science and Technology Policy for the post-Cold War: A Case for Long-Term Research", was awarded the

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President's Strategic Vision award. He also worked on a few books, (e.g. Lifeline, The Trinity Paradox, and Nanospace) with

Kevin J. Anderson Kevin James Anderson (born March 27, 1962) is an American science fiction author. He has written spin-off novels for ''Star Wars'', ''StarCraft'', ''Titan A.E.'' and ''The X-Files literature#Novels, The X-Files'', and with Brian Herbert is the ...

. In 2008, he retired from his position as Associate Laboratory Director for Threat Reduction at the

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. He currently writes full-time, lectures, and consults.

Bibliography

Novels

*''Return to Honor'' (1989) *''Assault on Alpha Base'' (1990) *''Strike Eagle'' (1991) *''Wild Blue U'' (2005) *''Return to Honor'' (2014) *''The Cadet'' (2015) *''The Officer'' (2016) *''Space Station Down'' (2020), Co-Authored with Ben Bova

Co-authored with
Kevin J. Anderson Kevin James Anderson (born March 27, 1962) is an American science fiction author. He has written spin-off novels for ''Star Wars'', ''StarCraft'', ''Titan A.E.'' and ''The X-Files literature#Novels, The X-Files'', and with Brian Herbert is the ...

*''Lifeline'' (1990) *'' The Trinity Paradox'' (1991) *''

Assemblers of Infinity ''Assemblers of Infinity'' is a science-fiction novel by American writers Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason. It first appeared in print in serialized form in the American magazine ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' from September to December 19 ...

'' (1993) *''Ill Wind'' (1995) *''Ignition'' (1997) *''Kill Zone'' (2019) Craig Kreident Series: *''Virtual Destruction'' (1996) *''Fallout'' (1997) *''Lethal Exposure'' (1998)

Short fiction

Non-fiction

*''Science and Technology Policy for the post-Cold War: A Case for Long-Term Research'' *''The E-Bomb: How America's new directed energy weapons will change the way future wars will be fought'' (2005)

References

External links

*http://www.dougbeason.com *http://www.wordfire.com/ * American science fiction writers Living people United States Air Force Academy alumni 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American novelists American male novelists 21st-century American male writers 1953 births {{US-sf-writer-stub