Gerald Nordley is a consulting astronautical engineer and writer with degrees in physics and systems management and a retired USAF officer with experience in spacecraft operations and engineering,  With over a hundred publications of nonfiction and fiction, his writing won four "Anlab" readers' awards and nominations for both a Hugo and Nebula award. His stories focus on the human experience in scientifically plausible futures, with many of them in astronomical settings.  The latest is "Titan of Chaos" in Life Beyond Us. Gerald was born in Minneapolis, lives in Sunnyvale CA with his wife Gayle Wiesner, and has three adult children and one grandchild.  His two novels and five story collections are available from Brief Candle Press.   See: www.gdnordley.com.