Jeffrey A. Carver is the author of numerous science fiction novels, a teacher of the craft of writing, and an occasional blogger. His most recent novel is Sunborn, the long-delayed fourth volume of The Chaos Chronicles, in hardcover from Tor since November 2008.

Prior to Sunborn, his most recent book was also his first movie novelization — Battlestar Galactica: The Miniseries, published in 2006 by Tor. For Carver, it was an fun change of pace. Often listed as a hard-science-fiction writer, Carver's greatest interest as a writer has always been character development and story, and a healthy (overactive, even) sense of wonder.

Ratcheting backward in time… before BSG there was Eternity's End (Tor Books, 2000) set in one of his favorite places not on Earth, the Star Rigger universe. Eternity's End was a finalist for the Nebula Award; it was also one reason there was such a long gap in The Chaos Chronicles, because it took so bloody long to write. The Chaos series, a multi-volume hard-SF story inspired by the science of chaos, began with Neptune Crossing (Tor, 1994), Strange Attractors (Tor, 1995), and The Infinite Sea (Tor, 1996) — and finally returned, with Sunborn. The astute observer will note that by the time Sunborn came out, the rest of the series was out of print. Carver noticed this, too, rather unhappily. Therefore, to make the series more accessible to newcomers, he put the whole danged series up for free download, in a large variety of ebook formats. Go to http://www.starrigger.net/Downloads.htm and help yourself! Really!

Carver's other novels (we've jumped to the beginning now, and are working forward in time) include Seas of Ernathe (Laser, 1976), Star Rigger's Way (Dell/SFBC/revised edition, 1978; Tor, 1994), Panglor (Dell/revised edition, 1980; Tor, 1996), The Infinity Link (Bluejay/Tor, 1984), The Rapture Effect (Tor, 1987), Roger Zelazny's Alien Speedway: Clypsis (Bantam, 1987), From a Changeling Star (Bantam Spectra/SFBC, 1989) and its sequel Down the Stream of Stars (Bantam Spectra, 1990), and two additional novels set in the Star Rigger universe: Dragons in the Stars (Tor, 1992) and its sequel Dragon Rigger (Tor, 1993). Every single one of these (except Clypsis) is now available as — you guessed it! — an ebook. Go to http://www.starrigger.net/ebooks.htm for a complete listing.

His short fiction has been published in the anthologies Warriors of Blood and Dream (ed. Roger Zelazny), Habitats (ed. Susan Shwartz), Dragons of Darkness (ed. Orson Scott Card), Future Love: A Science Fiction Triad (ed. Roger Elwood), as well as the magazines Science Fiction Age, Science Fiction Times, Galileo, F&SF, Galaxy, and Fiction, and the Sunday supplement of the Boston Herald. Several of these stories are available for reading on his website.

Teaching writing has become an increasingly important part of Jeff's life and work. In 1995, he developed and hosted the educational TV series, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing — a live, interactive broadcast into middle school classrooms across the country. That work morphed into a complete writing course on CD-ROM, published by MathSoft as part of a home-study software package, StudyWorks! Science Deluxe. When that went out of print, Jeff put the whole thing up online, where it's available free to all (but geared to younger writers) at www.writesf.com. In the meantime, he's become a semi-regular instructor at the New England Young Writers Conference at Bread Loaf in Vermont, and an occasional visitor at the Odyssey Workshop. Finally, he now co-leads (with Craig Shaw Gardner) the annual Ultimate SF Writing Workshop right here in the Boston area, along with assorted advanced workshops and teen workshops.

Carver lives in Arlington, Massachusetts with his wife, two daughters, a boxer, and a rare Egyptian desert sand cat. His interests include flying, underwater exploration, and astronomy. Visit him online at www.starrigger.net (come get those free downloads!), or on his blog, Pushing a Snake Up a Hill, at starrigger.blogspot.com.