Allen Steele

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's science fiction club. He graduated high school from the 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>"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 workers 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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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 >Template:Citation</ref>

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

Awards

Allen Steele received several awards for his writing:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

• 1990: Locus Award for Orbital Decay
• 1996: Hugo Award for "The Death of Captain Future"
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• 1997: Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Award for Template:"'... Where Angels Fear to TreadTemplate:'"
• 1998: Hugo Award for Template:"'... Where Angels Fear to TreadTemplate:'"
• 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 Award (together with Yoji Kondo)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 2014: Asimov's Readers' Award for "The Legion of Tomorrow"<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Bibliography

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Novels

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• 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)

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• 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)<ref group=lower-alpha>Allen Steele Announces New Coyote Books Template:Webarchive, CoyoteSeries.com, 2008-05-16</ref>
• Coyote Universe
  • Spindrift (2007)
  • Galaxy Blues (2008)
  • Hex (2011)<ref group=lower-alpha>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)
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Stories

Title	Year	First published	Reprinted/collected	Notes
John Harper Wilson	1989	Template:Cite journal
Goddard's People	1991	Asimov's Science Fiction, July 1991
Riders in the Sky	1994	Alternate Outlaws edited by Mike Resnick
The Death of Captain Future	1995	Asimov's Science Fiction, October 1995	Template:Cite book
'... Where Angels Fear to Tread'	1997
The Emperor of Mars	2010	Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2010	Template:Cite book
Sixteen Million Leagues from Versailles	2013	Template:Cite journal
Martian Blood	2013	Template:Cite book<ref name="SF Signal Mars 2013">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Tor Mars 2013">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Cite book Template:Cite book
The Legion of Tomorrow	2014	Template:Cite journal
The Prodigal Son	2014	Template:Cite journal		Novella
Frogheads	2015	Template:Cite book<ref name="GRRM 2014-06">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The long wait	2015	Template:Cite journal		Novella
Starship Mountain	2018	Template:Cite journal
The Lost Testament	2019	Template:Cite journal

Non-fiction

• Primary Ignition (2003) includes articles and essays from 1997–2004
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Critical studies and reviews of Steele's work

Arkwright

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Tales of Time and Space

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External links

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• Encyclopedia of Science Fiction entry
• Official Coyote Series Website
• Review of The Last Science Fiction Writer on SF Site by Steven H Silver