Allen Steele became a full-time science fiction writer in 1988, following publication of his first short story, "Live From The Mars Hotel". Since then he has become a prolific author of novels, short stories, and essays, with his work translated into more than a dozen languages worldwide. His novels include Orbital Decay, Clarke County, Space, Lunar Descent, Labyrinth of Night, The Jericho Iteration, The Tranquility Alternative, A King of Infinite Space, Oceanspace, Chronospace, the Coyote Trilogy, the Coyote Chronicles, Spindrift, Galaxy Blues, Hex, Apollo's Outcast, V-S Day, and Arkwright. He has also published several collections of short fiction: Rude Astronauts, All-American Alien Boy, Sex and Violence in Zero-G, American Beauty, The Last Science Fiction Writer, and Tales of Time and Space. His work has appeared in most major US SF magazines, including Asimov's Science Fiction, Analog, and Fantasy & Science Fiction, as well as in dozens of anthologies. He won the Hugo Award for novellas "The Death Of Captain Future" and "`...Where Angels Fear to Tread'", and for "The Emperor of Mars" Steele was First Runner-Up for the 1990 John W. Campbell Award, received the Donald A. Wollheim Award in 1993, and the Phoenix Award in 2002. In 2013, he received the Robert A. Heinlein Award in recognition of his long career in writing space fiction. Steele is a former member of both the Board of Directors and the Board of Advisors for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and is also a former advisor for the Space Frontier Foundation. He lives in western Massachusetts with his wife Linda and their dogs.