About
Science fiction and fantasy author and poet who is best known for Growing Up Weightless and The Last Hot Time. Known for his intelligence and wit, he wrote numerous literary parodies as well as poems in Shakespearean blank verse.
Before Fame
He belonged to the Science Fiction Club at his alma mater, Indiana University, Bloomington. In the late 1970s, he moved to New York to write for Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.
Trivia
His novels, The Final Reflection and How Much for Just the Planet, were based on the popular science fiction television series, Star Trek.
Family Life
He was born and raised in Indiana. He and Elise Matthesen were long-term partners.
Associated With
He was a fan of Douglas Adams.
