Catherine Asaro

Catherine Asaro has authored about thirty books, including science fiction, thrillers, and fantasy. Her novel The Quantum Rose and novella “The Spacetime Pool” both won the Nebula® Award. Her short fiction has appeared in many places, including “Walk in Silence,” “A Roll of the Dice,” and “Aurora in Four Voices,” which all won the Analog Readers Poll and received nominations for the Nebula® and Hugo.

Catherine is known for her advocacy of bringing girls and women into STEM fields and for challenging character stereotypes in her fiction. She also founded and served as Director of the Chesapeake Math Program for decades. Her students distinguished themselves in many programs, including the USA Mathematical Olympiad, National MathCounts, and the American Regional Mathematics League. She has appeared as a speaker at many institutions, including the National Academy of Sciences, and the US Naval Academy, and as a Guest of Honor at cons across the US and abroad, including the National Science Fiction Conventions of both Denmark and New Zealand.

She served two terms as president of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and is a member of SIGMA, a think tank that advises the government as to future trends affecting national security. Her paper “Complex Speeds and Special Relativity” (American Journal of Physics, April 1996) forms the basis for some of the science in her fiction. As a vocalist, she performs at clubs and conventions. Her most recent piece is the Celtic-themed song Ancient Ages, written by sf author Arlan Andrews.