Edward M. Lerner

Edward M. Lerner
Born	1949 (age 74–75) United States
Occupation	Writer, novelist
Language	English
Nationality	American
Period	1991–present
Genre	Science fiction, techno-thriller, popular science, hard science fiction
Notable awards	Canopus Award (2015)
Website
edwardmlerner.com

Edward M. Lerner (born 1949) is an American author of science fiction, techno-thrillers, and popular science.

As of 2023 he has twenty-four published books: twelve solo novels (three in his InterstellarNet universe), six collections, five novels co-authored with Larry Niven in the Known Space universe, and one popular-science book. The majority of Lerner's shorter works were originally published in Analog, The Grantville Gazette, and (until it ceased publication) Jim Baen's Universe.

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 semi-finalist at the 2006 Science Fiction Short Film Festival.

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.

Recognition

Lerner's novel InterstellarNet: Enigma won the inaugural (2015) Canopus Award for long-form fiction (i.e., novels) "honoring excellence in interstellar writing." He also won the annual "Anlab" (Analog Readers Poll) for nonfiction in 2013, for "Faster Than a Speeding Photon: The Why, Where, and (Perhaps the) How of Faster-Than-Light Technology" and for short story in 2018, for "Paradise Regained"," among his many Anlab nominations. His fiction has also been nominated for Locus, Prometheus, and Hugo awards.

Bibliography

Novels

• Probe, 1991, ISBN 978-0595011391.
• Moonstruck, 2005, ISBN 978-0743498852.
• Fools' Experiments, 2008, ISBN 0765319012.
• Small Miracles, 2009, ISBN 978-0765320940.
• Energized, 2012, ISBN 978-0765328496.
• Dark Secret, 2016, ISBN 978-1612423227.
• The Company Man, 2019, ISBN 978-1948818537 (novelization of four stories previously published in the Grantville Gazette).
• Déjà Doomed, 2021, ISBN 978-1647100278.
• On the Shoals of Space-Time, 2023, ISBN 978-1649731395
• Life and Death on Mars, 2023, ISBN 978-1647100889

Fleet of Worlds series (with Larry Niven)

• Fleet of Worlds, 2007, ISBN 978-0765318251.
• Juggler of Worlds, 2008, ISBN 978-0765318268.
• Destroyer of Worlds, 2009, ISBN 978-0765322050.
• Betrayer of Worlds, 2010, ISBN 978-0765326089.
• Fate of Worlds, 2012, ISBN 978-0765331007.

InterstellarNet series

• InterstellarNet: Origins, 2010, ISBN 978-0981848747.
• InterstellarNet: New Order, 2010, ISBN 978-0981848754.
• InterstellarNet: Enigma, 2015, ISBN 978-1936771646.

Short fiction

Collections

• Creative Destruction, published 2006, Wildside Press, ISBN 978-0809557479.
• Countdown to Armageddon / A Stranger in Paradise, published 2010, Wildside Press, ISBN 978-1434406743.
• Frontiers of Space, Time, and Thought: Essays and Stories on The Big Questions, published 2012, FoxAcre Press, ISBN 978-1936771370.
• Muses & Musings: A Science Fiction Collection, published 2019, Phoenix Pick, ISBN 978-1612424408.
• The Sherlock Chronicles & The Paradise Quartet, published 2021, Eric Flint Ring of Fire Press, ISBN 978-1953034809.
• The Best of Edward M. Lerner, published 2022, ReAnimus Press, ISBN 979-8447246174.

Non-fiction

Books

• Trope-ing the Light Fantastic: The Science Behind the Fiction, 2018, ISBN 978-1612424019.

Articles

• "InterstellarNet". The Science Behind the Story. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 2006. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012.
• "Beyond this point be RFIDs". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. September 2007.
• "The Old Gray Goo, It Ain't What It Used To Be", The Bulletin of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Fall 2007.
• "Follow the Nanobrick Road", Analog, September 2008.
• "Rock! Bye-Bye, Baby", Analog, November 2009.
• "Say, What? Ruminations about Language, Communications, and Science Fiction", Analog, March 2011.
• "Lost in Space? Follow the Money", Analog, October 2011.
• "Faster than a Speeding Photon", Analog, January/February 2012
• "Alien Aliens: Beyond Rubber Suits", Analog, April 2013.
• "Victory lapse". Guest Editorial. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 133 (5): 4–7. May 2013.
• "Alien worlds: not in Kansas any more". Science Fact. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 133 (10): 23–32. October 2013.
• "Hacked off". Guest Editorial. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 133 (12): 4–7, 104. December 2013.
• "Alien dimensions : the universe next door". Science Fact. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 134 (4): 24–30. April 2014.
• "Are we there yet?". Guest Editorial. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 134 (5): 4–7. May 2014.
• "Alternate abilities : the paranormal". Science Fact. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 134 (6): 19–28. June 2014.
• "Alien AWOLs : the great silence". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. October 2014.
• "Alien altercations : star (spanning) wars". Science Fact. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 135 (7–8): 44–55. July–August 2015.
• "Alien adventures : rising to the challenge". Science Fact. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 135 (10): 26–35. October 2015.
• "Human 2.0 : being all we can be, part I". Science Fact. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 136 (1&2): 42–50. January–February 2016.
• "Human 2.0: Being All We Can Be (Part II)", Analog, March 2016.
• "A certain uncertainty". The Alternate View. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 136 (4): 62–64. April 2016.
• "The dread question". Guest Editorial. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 136 (5): 4–6. May 2016.
• "Here we go loopedy loop : a brief history of time travel (part I)". Science Fact. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 136 (5): 34–43. May 2016.
• "Here we go loopedy loop : a brief history of time travel (part II)". Science Fact. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 136 (6). June 2016.
• "A Mind of Its Own (Part I)", Analog, September 2016.
• "A Mind of Its Own (Part II)", Analog, October 2016.
• "Dystopic? Or myopic?". Guest Editorial. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 138 (11–12): 4–7. November–December 2018.

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Bibliography notes

External links

• Official website
• Edward M. Lerner's page at Macmillan.com
• Bibliography at SciFan
• Edward M. Lerner at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• "Edward M. Lerner Awards". Science Fiction Awards Database. Mark R. Kelly and the Locus Science Fiction Foundation.
• SF and Nonsense Edward M. Lerner's weblog