Episode 149 Charles Gannon

Esplicito

Lifelong writer, escaped academia as Distinguished Professor of English, five-time Fulbrighter, husband, father of 4 living children, live in Annapolis, worked in TV/Film and game design/writing, now a frequent SME for national media and intelligence/defense agencies.

The Caine Riordan hard sf series is up to 5 books (all national best-sellers, 4 finalists for Nebulas, 2 for Dragons, the first a Compton Crook Award winner, and now a burgeoning spin-off series Murphy's Lawless). Epic fantasy series (Vortex of Worlds) coming this year. Has written novels (sometime solo, sometimes collaborator) in many series: Ring of Fire, Black Tide Rising, Starfire, Man-Kzin/Known Space. Nonfiction item of note: won the ALA Choice Award for