Editing Allen Steele

{{Short description|American journalist and science fiction author (born 1958)}}
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| name = Allen M. Steele
| image = Allen_Steele.jpg
| caption = Steele (2006)
| birth_name = Allen Mulherin Steele, Jr.
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|1|19|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Nashville, Tennessee]], U.S.{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}}
| death_date =
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| occupation = {{flatlist|
* Novelist
* short story author
* essayist
* journalist
}}
| genre = [[Science fiction]]
| notableworks = ''[[Coyote (novel)|Coyote]]''
| website =
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'''Allen Mulherin Steele, Jr.''' (born January 19, 1958) is an American journalist and [[science fiction author]].

== Background ==
Steele was born in [[Nashville, Tennessee]] on January 19, 1958. He was introduced to [[science fiction fandom]] attending meetings of [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]]'s [[Science fiction fandom#Science fiction societies|science fiction club]]. He graduated high school from the [[Webb School (Bell Buckle, Tennessee)|Webb School]] in [[Bell Buckle, Tennessee]], received a bachelor's degree from [[New England College]] and a master's from the [[University of Missouri]].<ref>[http://www.allensteele.com/bio.htm "Allen Steele Bio"]. Retrieved 22 July 2015</ref>

== 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 [[future history]] beginning with ''Orbital Decay'' and continuing through ''Labyrinth of Night''. Some of his early novels such as ''Orbital Decay'' and ''Lunar Descent'' were about [[blue-collar worker]]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 [[Space Frontier Foundation]] and the [[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]], and he is a former member (Eastern Regional Director) of the SFWA Board of Directors.<ref>{{Cite web|title = LibGuides. Rare Books and Special Collections At Northern Illinois University. Previous SFWA Officers Listing.|url = http://libguides.niu.edu/SFWAOfficers|website = libguides.niu.edu|access-date = 2015-10-19|first = Lynne|last = Thomas|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151022232920/http://libguides.niu.edu/SFWAOfficers|archive-date = 2015-10-22|url-status = dead}}</ref> In April 2001, he testified before the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]], in hearings regarding space exploration in the 21st century.<ref name=UnitedStates2001 >{{citation |author=United States Congress. House Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics |date=2001 |title=Vision 2001 : future space : hearing before the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Committee on Science, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, first session, April 3, 2001 |publisher=U.S. G.P.O |isbn=978-0-16-065955-3}}</ref>

In 2004, he contributed a chapter to the collaborative hoax novel, ''[[Atlanta Nights]]''.

== Awards ==
Allen Steele received several awards for his writing:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allensteele.com/bio.htm|title=Allen Steele Biography|last=Steele|first=Allen|website=allensteele.com|access-date=2016-11-21}}</ref>
* 1990: [[Locus Award]] for ''Orbital Decay''
* 1996: [[Hugo Award]] for "The Death of Captain Future"
* 1997: [[Locus Award]] for {{"'}}... Where Angels Fear to Tread{{'"}}
* 1997: ''[[Science Fiction Chronicle]]'' Readers Award for {{"'}}... Where Angels Fear to Tread{{'"}}
* 1998: Hugo Award for {{"'}}... Where Angels Fear to Tread{{'"}}
* 1998: [[Seiun Award]] 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#Robert A. Heinlein Award|Robert A. Heinlein Award]] (together with [[Yoji Kondo]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/News/2013/01/steele-and-kondo-win-2013-heinlein-award/|title=Steele and Kondo Win 2013 Heinlein Award|date=2013-01-28|website=locusmag.com|publisher=[[Locus Publications]]|access-date=2016-11-21}}</ref>
* 2014: Asimov's Readers' Award for "The Legion of Tomorrow"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asimovs.com/about-asimovs/awards/#ReadersAward|title=Asimov's Readers' Awards|website=asimovs.com|publisher=Penny Publications, LLC|access-date=2016-11-21|archive-date=2016-11-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122153506/http://www.asimovs.com/about-asimovs/awards/#ReadersAward|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
{{Incomplete list|date=May 2015}}{{bots|deny=Citation bot}}

===Novels===
* {{cite book |title=The Jericho Iteration |year=1994}}
* ''[[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)
* ''Sanctuary'' (2020)

;''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<ref group=lower-alpha>{{cite web |url=http://www.allensteele.com/biblio.htm |title=Official site: Bibliography |access-date=September 27, 2014}}</ref>
* '''''Coyote Trilogy'''''
** ''[[Coyote (novel)|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)<ref group=lower-alpha>[http://grmedia.co.uk/coyote/news.html Allen Steele Announces New Coyote Books] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116072206/http://grmedia.co.uk/coyote/news.html |date=2010-01-16 }}, CoyoteSeries.com, 2008-05-16</ref>
* '''''Coyote Universe'''''
** ''[[Spindrift (novel)|Spindrift]]'' (2007)
** ''Galaxy Blues'' (2008)
** ''Hex'' (2011)<ref group=lower-alpha>[http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=58822 Coyote Destiny: Allen Steele’s great space colonization series continues], Tor.com (and comments by author in Coyote Destiny introduction), 2010-02-26</ref>

;''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)
* ''Lost Apollo'' (2024)
* ''The Multiverse War'' (TBP)

===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)
* {{cite book <!--|author=Steele, Allen |author-mask=1--> |title=Tales of Time and Space |publisher=Fantastic Books}}
;Stories
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!width=25%|Title
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|John Harper Wilson
|1989
|{{cite journal |author=Steele, Allen M. |date=June 1989 |title=John Harper Wilson |journal=Asimov's Science Fiction |volume=13 |issue=6 |pages=78–91 |url=https://archive.org/stream/Asimovs_v13n06_1989-06#page/n79/mode/2up <!--access-date=2020-06-5-->}}
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|[https://archive.org/stream/Asimovs_v15n08_1991-07#page/n121/mode/2up Goddard's People]
|1991
|''Asimov's Science Fiction'', July 1991
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|Riders in the Sky
|1994
|''[[Alternate Outlaws]]'' edited by [[Mike Resnick]]
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|The Death of Captain Future
|1995
|''Asimov's Science Fiction'', October 1995
|{{cite book |editor-last=Dozois |editor-first=Gardner |title=The year's best science fiction : thirteenth annual collection |publisher=St Martin's Griffin |date=1996 }} 
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|'... Where Angels Fear to Tread'
|1997
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|The Emperor of Mars
|2010
|''Asimov's Science Fiction'', June 2010
|{{cite book |editor-last=Dozois |editor-first=Gardner |title=The mammoth book of best new SF 24 |publisher=Robinson |date=2011 }} 
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|-
|Sixteen Million Leagues from Versailles
|2013
|{{cite journal|date=October 2013 |title=Sixteen million leagues from Versailles |journal=[[Analog Science Fiction and Fact|Analog]] |volume=133 |issue=10 |pages=8–22 }}
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|Martian Blood
|2013
|{{cite book |editor1-last=Dozois |editor1-first=Gardner |editor2-last=Martin |editor2-first=George R R |title=[[Old Mars]] |publisher=[[Bantam Books]] |date=2013 }}<ref name="SF Signal Mars 2013">{{cite web |url=http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2013/02/toc-old-mars-edited-by-george-r-r-martin-and-gardner-dozois-2/ |title=TOC: ''Old Mars'' |editor=George R.R. Martin |editor2=Gardner Dozois |first=John |last=DeNardo |work=[[SF Signal]] |date=February 14, 2013 |access-date=September 26, 2014 |archive-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224133311/http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2013/02/toc-old-mars-edited-by-george-r-r-martin-and-gardner-dozois-2/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Tor Mars 2013">{{cite web |url=http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/10/book-review-old-mars-george-rr-martin-gardner-dozois |title=Mars as We Thought it Could Be: ''Old Mars'' |editor=George R.R. Martin |editor2=Gardner Dozois |first=Robert H. |last=Bedford |website=Tor.com |date=October 8, 2013 |access-date=September 26, 2014}}</ref>
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* {{cite book |editor-last=Dozois |editor-first=Gardner |title=The year's best science fiction : thirty-first annual collection |publisher=St Martin's Griffin |date=2014 }} 
* {{cite book |editor-last=Dozois |editor-first=Gardner |title=The mammoth book of best new SF 27 |publisher=Robinson |date=2014 }} 
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|data-sort-value="legion of tomorrow"|The Legion of Tomorrow
|2014
|{{cite journal |author=Steele, Allen M. |date=July 2014 |title=The Legion of Tomorrow |journal=Asimov's Science Fiction |volume=38 |issue=7 |pages=70–102}}
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|data-sort-value="prodigal son"|The Prodigal Son
|2014
|{{cite journal |author=Steele, Allen M. |date=October–November 2014 |title=The prodigal son |journal=Asimov's Science Fiction |volume=38 |issue=10–11 |pages=150–181}}
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|Novella
|-
|Frogheads
|2015
|{{cite book |editor1-last=Dozois |editor1-first=Gardner |editor2-last=Martin |editor2-first=George R R |title=[[Old Venus]] |publisher=Bantam Books |date=2015 }}<ref name="GRRM 2014-06">{{cite web|url=http://grrm.livejournal.com/374059.html?thread=19204907 |title=Not A Blog: ''Venus'' In March |date=June 19, 2014 |website=GRRM.livejournal.com |access-date=September 27, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821044623/http://grrm.livejournal.com/374059.html?thread=19204907 |archive-date=August 21, 2014 }}</ref>
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|data-sort-value="long wait"|The long wait
|2015
|{{cite journal |author=Steele, Allen M. |date=January 2015 |title=The long wait |journal=Asimov's Science Fiction |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=70–100}}
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|Novella
|-
|Starship Mountain
|2018
|{{cite journal  |author=Steele, Allen M. |date=July–August 2018|title=Starship Mountain |journal=Asimov's Science Fiction}}
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|The Lost Testament
|2019
|{{cite journal  |author=Steele, Allen M. |journal=Asimov's Science Fiction |title= The Lost Testament |date=March–April 2019  }}
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===Non-fiction===
* ''Primary Ignition'' (2003) includes articles and essays from 1997–2004
* {{cite journal |author=Steele, Allen M. |date=September 2014 |title=Tomorrow Through the Past |department=Thought Experiment |journal=Asimov's Science Fiction |volume=38 |issue=9 |pages=10–16 |url=https://www.asimovs.com/more-stuff/archives/all-archives/#ArchivedThought <!--access-date=2020-07-28-->}}

===Critical studies and reviews of Steele's work===
;''Arkwright''
* {{cite journal |author=Sakers, Don |author-link=Don Sakers |date=April 2016 |title=The Reference Library |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=136 |issue=4 |pages=105–108}}
;''Tales of Time and Space''
* {{cite journal |author=Sakers, Don |author-link=Don Sakers |date=July–August 2015 |title=The Reference Library |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=135 |issue=7&8 |pages=185–188}}
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;Notes
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website}}
* {{isfdb name|id=Allen_Steele|name=Allen Steele}}
* [http://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/steele_allen Encyclopedia of Science Fiction entry]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090203220504/http://grmedia.co.uk/coyote/ Official Coyote Series Website]
* [http://www.sfsite.com/01b/lw288.htm Review of ''The Last Science Fiction Writer''] on [[SF Site]] by [[Steven H Silver]]

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