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Allen Mulherin Steele, Jr. (born January 19, 1958) is an American science fiction author.
Steele began publishing with the story "Live from the Mars Hotel" in the mid-December issue of Asimov's. His early novels formed a future history beginning with Orbital Decay and continuing through Labyrinth of Night. Since 1992, he has tended to focus on stand-alone projects and short stories, although he has written two novels (actually story collections) about the planet Coyote.
Steele was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He received a Bachelor's from New England College and a Master's from University of Missouri. Before he established himself as a science fiction author, he spent several years working as a journalist.
In 1996, his story "The Death of Captain Future" received the Hugo Award for Best Novella. He won the award again in 1998 for the story "...Where Angels Fear to Tread."
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 of the SFWA Board of Directors. 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.
Bibliography
Novels
- Orbital Decay
- Clarke County, Space
- Lunar Descent
- Labyrinth of Night
- The Jericho Iteration
- The Tranquillity Alternative
- A King of Infinite Space
- Oceanspace
- Chronospace
- Coyote
- Coyote Landing
Collections
- Rude Astronauts
- All-American Alien Boy
- Sex and Violence in Zero-G: The Complete "Near Space" Stories
- American Beauty
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