Greg Bear, Author of Quantico chats with Judyth Piazza

By Judyth Piazza

Greg Bear is the author of more than thirty books of science fiction and fantasy, including BLOOD MUSIC, THE FORGE OF GOD, DARWIN'S RADIO, and QUANTICO. He is married to Astrid Anderson Bear and is the father of Erik and Alexandra. Awarded two Hugos and five Nebulas for his fiction, one of two authors to win a Nebula in every category, Bear has been called the "Best working writer of hard science fiction" by "The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction."

His most recent novel is QUANTICO, a near-future examination of law enforcement, politics, and terror both domestic and religious. DARWIN'S RADIO and DARWIN'S CHILDREN (1999, 2003) form a sequence about viruses and human evolution and are published by Del Rey and HarperCollins UK. His stories have been collected into an omnibus volume by Tor Books. Bear has served on political and scientific action committees and has advised Microsoft Corporation, the U.S. Army, the CIA, Sandia National Laboratories, Callison Architecture, Inc., and other groups and agencies. His novels THE FORGE OF GOD and ANVIL OF STARS have been optioned by Warner Brothers, and DARWIN'S RADIO and DARWIN'S CHILDREN have been optioned by Michael DeLuca and Howard Braunstein.

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