Walter H. Hunt (born 1959) is a
science fiction novelist from
, United States.
Career
Walter Hunt wrote a number of role-playing game books, including ''
MechWarrior'' (1986) for
FASA.
His writings currently include the ''Dark Wing'' series, a
military science fiction space opera
Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes space warfare, with use of melodramatic, risk-taking space adventures, relationships, and chivalric romance. Set mainly or entirely in outer space, it features technological and soci ...
, as well as numerous role-playing scenarios for various gaming companies. He is a graduate of
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine. When Bowdoin was chartered in 1794, Maine was still a part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The college offers 34 majors and 36 minors, as well as several joint eng ...
and an alumnus of
Alpha Rho Upsilon
Alpha Rho Upsilon ( in Greek, ARU in Latin/English; pronounced A-roo) was a Fraternities and sororities, fraternity at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, from 1946 until it was disbanded in 1990. Until then it occupied a late Victorian architectu ...
fraternity at Bowdoin.
Hunt's work experience has been as a
software engineer and
technical writer
A technical writer is a professional information communicator whose task is to transfer information between two or more parties, through any medium that best facilitates the transfer and comprehension of the information. Technical writers researc ...
. He also has a deep interest in
history
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...
(which he studied at college), in science fiction, which he has been reading since he watched
Neil Armstrong
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who became the first person to walk on the Moon in 1969. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor.
...
walk on the moon, and in
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...
. His most recent book, ''
A Song in Stone'', explores the mystery of
Rosslyn Chapel and the fall of the
Templars
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.
He has also been a frequent contributor to
Eric Flint
Eric Flint (February 6, 1947 – July 17, 2022) was an American author, editor, and e-publisher. The majority of his main works are alternate history science fiction, but he also wrote humorous fantasy adventures. His works have been listed ...
's
1632-verse, most notably the 2015 novel
1636: The Cardinal Virtues which he co-wrote with Flint.
Hunt is a
Freemason
Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 13th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities ...
. He lives in eastern Massachusetts with his wife and daughter.
Publications
Dark Wing series
* 2001:
* 2003:
* 2004:
* 2005:
1632 series
* 2015:
* 2020:
Arcane America series
* 2019:
Other works
* 2008:
* 2018:
* 2018:
* 2019:
References
External links
*
Walter Huntat Fantastic Fiction
*
1959 births
Living people
21st-century American novelists
American male novelists
American science fiction writers
Novelists from Massachusetts
Bowdoin College alumni
American male short story writers
21st-century American short story writers
21st-century American male writers
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