Allen Mulherin Steele, Jr. (born January 19, 1958) is an American journalist and

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Background

Steele was born in

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on January 19, 1958. He was introduced to

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attending meetings of

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's science fiction club. He graduated high school from the Webb School in

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, received a bachelor's degree from

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and a master's from the

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Writing

Before he established himself as a science fiction author, he spent several years working as a journalist. Steele began publishing short stories in 1988. His early novels formed a

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beginning with ''Orbital Decay'' and continuing through ''Labyrinth of Night''. Some of his early novels such as ''Orbital Decay'' and ''Lunar Descent'' were about

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s working on future construction projects in space. Since 1992, he has tended to focus on stand-alone projects and short stories, although he has written five novels about the moon Coyote. Steele serves on the Board of Advisors for both the

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and the

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, and he is a former member (Eastern Regional Director) of the SFWA Board of Directors. In April 2001, he testified before the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics of the

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, in hearings regarding space exploration in the 21st century. In 2004, he contributed a chapter to the collaborative hoax novel, ''

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Awards

Allen Steele received several awards for his writing: * 1990:

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for ''Orbital Decay'' * 1996:

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for "The Death of Captain Future" * 1997:

for ""... Where Angels Fear to Tread"" * 1997: ''

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'' Readers Award for ""... Where Angels Fear to Tread"" * 1998: Hugo Award for ""... Where Angels Fear to Tread"" * 1998:

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for "The Death of Captain Future" * 2002: Asimov's Readers' Award for "Stealing Alabama" * 2005: Asimov's Readers' Award for "The Garcia Narrows Bridge" * 2011: Hugo Award for "The Emperor of Mars" * 2013: Seiun Award for "The Emperor of Mars" * 2013: Robert A. Heinlein Award (together with

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) * 2014: Asimov's Readers' Award for "The Legion of Tomorrow"

Bibliography

Novels

* * ''The Tranquillity Alternative'' (1996) * ''Oceanspace'' (2000) * ''Chronospace'' (2001) Re-released for Kindle under the Author's preferred title, ''Time Loves a Hero'' * ''Apollo's Outcasts'' (2012) * ''V-S Day'' (2014) * ''Arkwright'' (2016) ;''Near-Space'' series :''also called'' Rude Astronauts series * ''Orbital Decay'' (1989) * ''Clarke County, Space'' (1990) * ''Lunar Descent'' (1991) * ''Labyrinth of Night'' (1992) * ''A King of Infinite Space'' (1997) ;''Coyote'' series * ''Coyote Trilogy'' ** '' Coyote: A Novel of Interstellar Exploration'' (2002) ** ''Coyote Rising: A Novel of Interstellar Revolution'' (2004) ** ''Coyote Frontier: A Novel of Interstellar Colonization'' (2005) * ''Coyote Chronicles'' ** ''Coyote Horizon'' (2009) ** ''Coyote Destiny'' (2010)Allen Steele Announces New Coyote Books
, CoyoteSeries.com, 2008-05-16 * ''Coyote Universe'' ** ''

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'' (2007) ** ''Galaxy Blues'' (2008) ** ''Hex'' (2011)Coyote Destiny: Allen Steele’s great space colonization series continues
Tor.com (and comments by author in Coyote Destiny introduction), 2010-02-26 ;''Captain Future'' series * ''Avengers of the Moon'' (2017) * ''The Return of Ul Quorn, Book I: Captain Future in Love'' (2019) * ''The Return of Ul Quorn, Book II: The Guns of Pluto'' (2020) * ‘’The Return of Ul Quorn, Book III: 1,500 Light Years From Home (2021) * ‘’The Return of Ul Quorn, Book IV: The Horror at Jupiter (2021)

Chapbooks

* ''The Weight'' (1995) * ''The Days Between'' (2002) * ''The River Horses'' (2007) * ''Angel of Europa'' (2011)

Short fiction

;Collections * ''Rude Astronauts'' (1992) * ''All-American Alien Boy'' (1996) * ''Sex and Violence in Zero-G: The Complete Near-Space Stories'' (1998) * ''American Beauty'' (2003) * ''The Last Science Fiction Writer'' (2008) * ;Stories

Non-fiction

* ''Primary Ignition'' (2003) includes articles and essays from 1997–2004 *

Critical studies and reviews of Steele's work

;''Tales of Time and Space'' * ——————— ;Notes

References

External links

* *
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction entry

Official Coyote Series Website

on

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