.jpg) |
Dr. Doug Beason is the author of fourteen books, eight with collaborator Kevin J. Anderson, including Ignition (fi lm rights purchased by Universal Studios) and Ill Wind, as well as two nonfi ction books and over one hundred short stories, journal articles and scientifi c papers. His novel Assemblers of Infi nity (with Anderson) was a Nebula Award fi nalist, and his short fi ction has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies; he has written for publications as diverse as Analog, Amazing Stories, Physical Review Letters, Physics of Fluids and Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Science, Technology, and Society. He submitted to the Contest many times when he was an aspiring author, and though he didn’t win, his career has done quite well.
A Fellow of the American Physical Society and PhD physicist, Dr. Beason has over thirty years of research and development experience; he has conducted basic research, directed applied-science programs and formulated national policy. He was recently an associate laboratory director at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, responsible for programs that reduced the global threat of weapons of mass destruction. Prior to that, he completed a career as a US Air Force officer, retiring as a colonel. He has worked on the White House staff for the President’s Science Advisor under both the Clinton and Bush administrations. He currently serves as chief scientist for the USAF Space Command. He has lived in Canada, the Philippine Islands and Okinawa, as well as Washington DC, California, New Mexico and Colorado; he has been married for more than three decades and is the proud father of two daughters. He became a Writers of the Future judge in 1996.
“When one considers the enormous impact the contestants and winners are having in publishing, in winning awards, and even in shaping the field of science fiction, the Writers of the Future Contest will benefit generations to come: the gift that keeps on giving.”
—Dr. Doug Beason, Writers of the Future Contest Judge
(Note: the views presented are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the DOD or its components.)
|
