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John Scalzi is one of the most popular and acclaimed SF authors to emerge in the last decade. His debut, Old Man's War, won him science fiction's John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His New York Times bestsellers include The Last Colony, Fuzzy Nation, his most recent novel Lock In, and also Redshirts, which won 2013's Hugo Award for Best Novel. Material from his widely read blog The Whatever (whatever.scalzi.com) has also earned him two other Hugo Awards. He lives in Ohio with his wife and daughter.
Top-notch. His combat scenes are blood roiling * Washington Post on the Old Man's War series * It gladdens the reader's heart ... great fun * Daily Telegraph on the Old Man's War series * Clever dialogue, fast-paced story and strong characters * The Times on the Old Man's War series * Gripping and surpassingly original. It's Starship Troopers without the lectures -- Cory Doctorow on the Old Man's War series Scalzi is a master at creating appealing commercial fiction * Kirkus Reviews (starred review) * John Scalzi is the most entertaining, accessible writer working in SF today -- Joe Hill on John Scalzi Will keep you obsessively turning the pages until you are either fired or kicked out of bed. This is the kind of thriller that Michael Crichton, Lincoln Child, and James Rollins do so well. Add John Scalzi to that list -- Douglas Preston on <i>Lock In</i> Scalzi is one of the slickest writers that SF has ever produced * Wall Street Journal *
