Allen M. Steele

(1958 --)

A United States pro writer and fan and winner of three Hugo Awards (see below). Born in Nashville, he now lives in Massachusetts.

He discovered science fiction fandom through the Nashville Science Fiction Club in the mid-1970s, while he was a student at a boarding school in nearby Bell Buckle, Tennessee. He was one of a group of teenagers who would play marathon Dungeons and Dragons games that would last a weekend, with the older Michael J. "Orange Mike" Lowrey serving as Dungeonmaster and host.

He worked as a journalist for various papers in Tennessee, Missouri and the Northeast, getting an M.A. in Journalism from the University of Missouri, as well as freelancing, but eventually became a full-time S.F. writer.

He serves on the Board of Advisors of SFWA and is a Eastern Regional Director. In 2004, he contributed a chapter to the collaborative hoax novel, Atlanta Nights by Travis Tea.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1973 -- Official Juvenile Delinquent of Nashville fandom
• 1990 -- Campbell Award nominee
• 1993 -- Balticon 27, Khumming of Age, Phoenixcon 8
• 1994 -- Context VII
• 1995 -- Best Novelette Hugo nominee
• 1996 -- ConQuesT 27, Rivercon XXI, Best Novella Hugo for "The Death of Captain Future"
• 1997 -- Kubla Khan XXV
• 1998 -- WindyCon XXV, Best Novella Hugo for "...Where Angels Fear to Tread"
• 1999 -- Con*Stellation XVIII, Best Novelette Hugo nominee
• 2000 -- DeepSouthCon 38
• 2001 -- Capricon 21,Best Novelette Hugo nominee
• 2002 -- DeepSouthCon 40, Phoenix Award,Best Novelette Hugo and Best Novella Hugo nominee
• 2003 -- Confluence 15
• 2004 -- ConDuct 2
• 2005 -- EerieCon 7
• 2006 -- Arisia '06
• 2008 -- Apollocon 2008
• 2010 -- Albacon 2010
• 2011 -- Conjecture 2011, LibertyCon 24, Best Novelette Hugo for "The Emperor of Mars"
• 2013 -- Philcon 2013, ConClave 37, Heinlein Award
• 2014 -- 8Pi-Con
• 2015 -- RavenCon 2015

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