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Edward M. Lerner

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Bio

Edward M. Lerner worked in high tech and aerospace for thirty years, as everything from engineer to senior vice president, for much of that time writing science fiction as his hobby.

Since 2004 he has written full-time. His novels range from near-future technothrillers, like Small Miracles and Energized, to futuristic mysteries, like The Company Man, to such traditional SF-adventure fare as Dark Secret and his InterstellarNet series.

Collaborating with Larry Niven, Lerner also wrote the space-opera epic Fleet of Worlds series of Ringworld companion novels.

His 2015 novel, InterstellarNet: Enigma, won the inaugural Canopus Award “honoring excellence in interstellar writing.” His fiction has also been nominated for Locus, Prometheus, and Hugo awards.

In shorter forms, Lerner’s writing has appeared in anthologies, collections, and many of the usual SF magazines and websites. He also writes about science and technology, most notably including Trope ing the Light Fantastic: The Science Behind the Fiction.

Edward M. Lerner Books

Life and Death on Mars book cover

Life and Death on Mars

Edward M. Lerner
On the Shoals of Space-Time book cover

On the Shoals of Space-Time

Edward M. Lerner
The Company Man book cover

The Company Man

Edward M. Lerner
Déjà Doomed book cover

Déjà Doomed

Edward M. Lerner
Future Science Fiction Digest Issue 3 book cover

Future Science Fiction Digest Issue 3

Laura Resnick
The Complete Fleet of Worlds book cover

The Complete Fleet of Worlds

Larry Niven
Galaxy’s Edge Magazine: Issue 26, May 2017 book cover

Galaxy’s Edge Magazine: Issue 26, May 2017

Larry Niven
Ringworld's Children and Fleet of Worlds book cover

Ringworld's Children and Fleet of Worlds

Larry Niven
Creative Destruction: Science Fiction Stories book cover

Creative Destruction: Science Fiction Stories

Edward M. Lerner
The Mad Scientist Megapack book cover

The Mad Scientist Megapack

Lawrence Watt-Evans
The Time Travel MEGAPACK ® book cover

The Time Travel MEGAPACK ®

Edward M. Lerner
Fate of Worlds book cover

Fate of Worlds

Larry Niven
A Stranger in Paradise book cover

A Stranger in Paradise

Edward M. Lerner
Countdown to Armageddon book cover

Countdown to Armageddon

Edward M. Lerner
Betrayer of Worlds book cover

Betrayer of Worlds

Larry Niven
Destroyer of Worlds book cover

Destroyer of Worlds

Larry Niven
Juggler of Worlds book cover

Juggler of Worlds

Larry Niven
Fleet of Worlds book cover

Fleet of Worlds

Larry Niven
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