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Featured Contributor: Geoffrey A. Landis

May 27, 2014 in Hieroglyph

Geoffrey A. LandisGeoffrey A. Landis is a scientist and a science fiction writer. As a scientist, he is a researcher at the NASA John Glenn Research Center. He works on projects related to advanced power and propulsion systems for space and planetary exploration, and is currently a member of the science team for the Mars Exploration Rover Mission. As a science fiction writer, he has won a Nebula Award, two Hugo Awards and a Locus Award, as well as two Rhysling Awards for his poetry.

To learn even more about Geoffrey and his latest endeavors check out his website.

Author
Lauren Pedersen was born and raised in Tempe, Arizona to a writer and a helicopter pilot. She is currently pursuing her two passions of art and design at Arizona State University, where she continues to work towards a bachelor's degree in Design Studies with a focus in Design History, and a minor in Art History.

Featured Contributor: Vandana Singh

April 24, 2014 in Featured Contributors, Hieroglyph

Vandana SinghVandana Singh is a science fiction writer and assistant professor of physics at Framingham State University in Massachusetts; her area of expertise is theoretical particle physics. Her short stories, which most recently include “Peripateia,” (2013), “Cry of the Kharchal” (2013), “With Fate Conspire” (2013), and “A Handful of Rice” (2012), frequently appear in Year’s Best and other anthologies. She also writes poetry as well as novels and short stories for children. Vandana was born and brought up in New Delhi, India. Her book The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories was released in February 2014 by the University of Chicago Press. To learn more about Vandana, visit her website.

Author
Lauren Pedersen was born and raised in Tempe, Arizona to a writer and a helicopter pilot. She is currently pursuing her two passions of art and design at Arizona State University, where she continues to work towards a bachelor's degree in Design Studies with a focus in Design History, and a minor in Art History.

Featured Contributor: David Brin

March 28, 2014 in Featured Contributors, Hieroglyph

David Brin is a scientist, best-selling author and tech-futurist. His novels include Earth (1990), The Postman (1985, filmed in 1997) and Hugo Award winners Startide Rising (1983) and The Uplift War (1987). A leading commentator and speaker on modern trends, his nonfiction book The Transparent Society (1998) won the Freedom of Speech Award of the American Library Association.

David also works as a consultant and serves on advisory boards for some of the world’s most prominent corporations. He can be spotted on various television series on the History Channel, The Science Network and others. Learn more at https://davidbrin.com

 

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Author
Lauren Pedersen was born and raised in Tempe, Arizona to a writer and a helicopter pilot. She is currently pursuing her two passions of art and design at Arizona State University, where she continues to work towards a bachelor's degree in Design Studies with a focus in Design History, and a minor in Art History.

Featured Contributor: Charlie Jane Anders

February 21, 2014 in Featured Contributors, Hieroglyph

Charlie Jane AndersCharlie Jane Anders writes about science fiction for io9.com and is the author of the novel Choir Boy (2005). She has contributed to Mother Jones, the Wall Street Journal, the San Francisco ChronicleZYZZYVAPindeldybozStrange Horizons, and many other publications. She is co-editor of the anthology She’s Such a Geek (2006) and published an indy magazine called other, which bills itself the “magazine of pop culture and politics for the new outcasts.”

Charlie Jane received the Lambda Literary Award in 2005, the Emperor Norton Award in 2009, and her 2011 novelette Six Months, Three Days won the 2012 Hugo and was nominated for the Nebula and Theodore Sturgeon Awards.

Author
Lauren Pedersen was born and raised in Tempe, Arizona to a writer and a helicopter pilot. She is currently pursuing her two passions of art and design at Arizona State University, where she continues to work towards a bachelor's degree in Design Studies with a focus in Design History, and a minor in Art History.