Edward M. Lerner (born 1949) is an American author of science fiction, techno-thrillers, and popular science.
As of 2023 he has twenty-four published books: twelve solo novels (three in his InterstellarNet universe), six collections, five novels co-authored with Larry Niven in the Known Space universe, and one popular-science book. The majority of Lerner's shorter works were originally published in Analog, The Grantville Gazette, and (until it ceased publication) Jim Baen's Universe.
His 2001 short story "Grandpa?" was made into a short film, The Grandfather Paradox, and shown at the 2006 Balticon Science Fiction convention where it won the Best Film Award. It was also a semi-finalist at the 2006 Science Fiction Short Film Festival.
Biography
For over thirty years Edward M. Lerner worked in the aerospace and information technology industries while writing science fiction part-time. He held positions at numerous companies such as Bell Labs, Hughes Aircraft, Honeywell, and Northrop Grumman. In February 2004, after receiving a book deal for Moonstruck, he decided to write science fiction full-time.
Recognition
Lerner's novel InterstellarNet: Enigma won the inaugural (2015) Canopus Award for long-form fiction (i.e., novels) "honoring excellence in interstellar writing." He also won the annual "Anlab" (Analog Readers Poll) for nonfiction in 2013, for "Faster Than a Speeding Photon: The Why, Where, and (Perhaps the) How of Faster-Than-Light Technology" and for short story in 2018, for "Paradise Regained"," among his many Anlab nominations. His fiction has also been nominated for Locus, Prometheus, and Hugo awards.
Bibliography
Novels
Probe, 1991, . Moonstruck, 2005, . Fools' Experiments, 2008, . Small Miracles, 2009, . Energized, 2012, . Dark Secret, 2016, . The Company Man, 2019, (novelization of four stories previously published in the Grantville Gazette). Déjà Doomed, 2021, . On the Shoals of Space-Time, 2023, .
Fleet of Worlds series (with Larry Niven) Fleet of Worlds, 2007, . Juggler of Worlds, 2008, . Destroyer of Worlds, 2009, . Betrayer of Worlds, 2010, . Fate of Worlds, 2012, .
InterstellarNet series
InterstellarNet: Origins, 2010, . InterstellarNet: New Order, 2010, . InterstellarNet: Enigma, 2015, .
Short fiction
Collections
Creative Destruction, published 2006, Wildside Press, . "The Day of the RFIDs" "Survival Instinct" "What a Piece of Work Is Man" "By the Rules" "Iniquitous Computing" "Catch a Falling Star" "Settlement" "Creative Destruction" Countdown to Armageddon / A Stranger in Paradise, published 2010, Wildside Press, . Frontiers of Space, Time, and Thought: Essays and Stories on The Big Questions, published 2012, FoxAcre Press, . Muses & Musings: A Science Fiction Collection, published 2019, Phoenix Pick, . The Sherlock Chronicles & The Paradise Quartet, published 2021, Eric Flint Ring of Fire Press, . The Best of Edward M. Lerner, published 2022, ReAnimus Press, .
Non-series stories
"Settlement", Analog, January 2001. "Grandpa?", Analog, July/August 2001. "Presence of Mind", Analog, February 2002. "Iniquitous Computing", Analog, July/August 2002. Also contained in the collection Creative Destruction. "Survival Instinct", Analog, October/November 2002. Also contained in the collection Creative Destruction. This story is a sequel to Presence of Mind. "By the Rules", Analog, June 2003. "A Matter of Perspective", Artemis, Winter 2003. "Moonstruck", Analog, September – December 2003. Published in book form in 2005. "The Day of the RFIDs", Future Washington (2005). "Great Minds", Jim Baen's Universe, October 2006. "RSVP", Darker Matter, March 2007. "Chance of Storms", Jim Baen's Universe, April 2007. "Copywrong", Darker Matter, June 2007. "At the Watering Hole", Jim Baen's Universe, August 2007. "Countdown to Armageddon", Jim Baen's Universe, October 2007 through October 2008. Published in book form in 2010. "Inside the Box", Asimov's, February 2008. "The Night of the RFIDs", Analog, May 2008.
"No GUTs, No Glory", Jim Baen’s Universe, August, 2009.
"Blessed Are the Bleak", Analog, April 2011. "Energized", Analog, June – October 2011. Published in book form in 2012.
Published in book form (all four parts) in 2016.