Roger MacBride Allen (born September 26, 1957) is an American

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. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and grew up outside of

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, graduating from Walt Whitman High School. He graduated from

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in 1979. His father is American historian and author Thomas B. Allen.

Background

Allen's family moved to Bethesda, Maryland when in 1966, when he was nine years old. He earned a degree in journalism from Boston University, after-which he returned to suburban Washington DC.

Works

''Allies and Aliens''

*'' The Torch of Honor'' (1985) *'' Rogue Powers'' (1986) **'' Allies and Aliens'' (1995) collects ''The Torch of Honor'' and ''Rogue Powers''

''Hunted Earth''

*'' The Ring of Charon'' (1990) *'' The Shattered Sphere'' (1994) *'' The Falling World'' (TBA)

''Caliban''

*'' Isaac Asimov's Caliban'' (1993) *'' Isaac Asimov's Inferno'' (1994) *'' Isaac Asimov's Utopia'' (1996)

''Chronicles of Solace''

*'' The Depths of Time'' (2000) *'' The Ocean of Years'' (2002) *'' The Shores of Tomorrow'' (2003)

''BSI Starside''

*'' BSI Starside: The Cause of Death'' (2006) *'' BSI Starside: Death Sentence'' (2007) *'' BSI Starside: Final Inquiries'' (2008)

''Corellian'' (Star Wars)

*'' Star Wars: Ambush at Corellia'' (1995) *'' Star Wars: Assault at Selonia'' (1995) *'' Star Wars: Showdown at Centerpoint'' (1995)

Stand-alone novels

*'' Orphan of Creation'' (1988) *'' Farside Cannon'' (1988) *'' The War Machine: Crisis of Empire III'' (1989), with David Drake *''Supernova'' (1991), with Eric Kotani *'' The Modular Man'' (1992), accompanying the novel is an essay by Isaac Asimov "Intelligent Robots and Cybernetic Organisms."

Historical

*''Time Capsule: The Book of Record'' (2010) with Thomas B. Allen *''Mr. Lincoln's High Tech War'' (2008) with Thomas B. Allen

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