Joe Haldeman, the author of several novels and collections, with five Hugos and five Nebulas to his name, has accepted to be one of our guests of honor.
Joe and his wife are regarded as among the nicest professionals in the American science fiction world, and we're delighted to get them over here.
Haldeman was born in Oklahoma in 1943 and grew up in Puerto Rico, New Orleans, Washington, D. C., and Alaska. These days he and his wife Gay live in Florida and during the Fall semesters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where Joe teaches writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Joe graduated with a Bachelor of Science in astronomy from the University of Maryland in 1967. After that he was drafted and spent a year in Vietnam as a combat engineer. After being released back to civilian life he commenced graduate work in mathematics/computer science, but dropped out to be a writer. In addition to being an MIT professor he has also taught creative writing at Michigan State (Clarion), Clarion West Seattle, SUNY Buffalo, Princeton, University of North Dakota, Kent State, and University of North Florida. At college he has also taught astronomy, maths, and English, and coached a fencing team. Moreover, he has taught classical guitar at a music store!
He has been a full-time writer since 1970, and tries to write a little bit every day, also during the semesters at MIT.
Bibliography:
WAR YEAR (short novel), 1972
COSMIC LAUGHTER (anthology), 1974
THE FOREVER WAR (novel), 1975
MINDBRIDGE (novel), 1976
PLANET OF JUDGMENT (Star Trek novel), 1977
ALL MY SINS REMEMBERED (novel), 1977
STUDY WAR NO MORE (anthology), 1977
INFINITE DREAMS (short story collection), 1978
WORLD WITHOUT END (Star Trek novel), 1979
WORLDS (novel), 1981
WORLDS APART (novel), 1983
NEBULA AWARDS 17 (anthology), 1983
DEALING IN FUTURES (short story collection), 1985
TOOL OF THE TRADE (novel), 1987
BUYING TIME (novel), 1989
THE HEMINGWAY HOAX (short novel), 1990
WORLDS ENOUGH AND TIME (novel), 1992
VIETNAM AND OTHER ALIEN WORLDS (essays, fiction, poetry), 1993
1968 (novel), 1995
NONE SO BLIND (short story collection), 1996
FOREVER PEACE (novel), 1997
SAUL'S DEATH and other poems (poetry collection), 1997
FOREVER FREE (novel), 1999
THE COMING (novel), 2000
GUARDIAN (novel), 2002
CAMOUFLAGE (novel), 2004
OLD TWENTIETH (novel), 2005
WAR STORIES (collection), 2006