Edward M. Lerner

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Edward M. Lerner (born 1949) is a US author of science fiction and techno-thrillers.

As of 2006 he has published three books. Two of them novels (Probe (1991) and Moonstruck (2005)), and one short story collection (Creative Destruction (2006)). A majority of his work is originally published in Analog.

His 2001 short story "Grandpa?" was made into a short film, The Grandfather Paradox, and shown at the 2006 Balticon Science Fiction convention where it won the Best Film Award. It was also a semifinalist at the 2006 Science Fiction Short Film Festival.

1 Biography
2 Partial Bibliography
3 External links

[edit] Biography

For over thirty years Edward M. Lerner worked in the aerospace and information technology industries while writing science fiction part time. He held positions at numerous companies such as Bell Labs, Hughes Aircraft, Honeywell, and Northrop Grumman. In February 2004, after receiving a book deal for Moonstruck, he decided to write science fiction full time. (Source: Creative Destruction 2006.)

[edit] Partial Bibliography

[edit] Novels

Probe, published 1991, Warner Books Inc.
Moonstruck, published 2005, Baen.

[edit] Collections

Creative Destruction, published 2006, Wildside Press.

[edit] InterstellarNet Series

The Science Behind the Story: InterstellarNet, non-fiction piece, (contains spoilers) [1].

Dangling Conversations, Analog, November 2000.
Creative Destruction, Analog, March 2001. Also contained in the collection Creative Destruction published in 2006.
Hostile Takeover, Analog, May 2001.
Strange Bedfellows, Artemis, Science and Fiction for a Space-Faring Age, Winter 2001.
A New Order of Things, Analog, May - September 2006.

[edit] Non-Series Magazine Stories

Settlement, Analog, Jan 2001.
Presence of Mind, Analog, February 2002.
Iniquitous Computing, Analog, July/August 2002. Also contained in the collection Creative Destruction published in 2006.
Survival Instinct, Analog, October - November 2002. Also contained in the collection Creative Destruction published in 2006. This story is a sequel to Presence of Mind.
Moonstruck, Analog, September - December 2003. Published in book form in 2005.