'''Allen Mulherin Steele, Jr.''' (born [[January 19]], [[1958]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[science fiction author]].
Steele began publishing with the story "Live from the Mars Hotel" in the mid-[[December]] issue of ''[[Asimov's Science Fiction|Asimov's]]''. His early novels formed a [[Future history|future history]] beginning with ''Orbital Decay'' and continuing through ''Labyrinth of Night''. Since 1992, he has tended to focus on stand-alone projects and short stories, although he has written two novels (actually story collections) about the planet Coyote.
Steele was born in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. He received a Bachelor's from [[New England College]] and a Master's from [[University of Missouri]]. Before he established himself as a science fiction author, he spent several years working as a journalist.
In [[1996]], his story "The Death of [[Captain Future]]" received the [[Hugo Award for Best Novella]]. He won the award again in [[1998]] for the story "...Where Angels Fear to Tread."
Steele serves on the Board of Advisors for both the [[Space Frontier Foundation]] and the [[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]], and he is a former member of the SFWA Board of Directors. In [[April]], [[2001]], he testified before the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]], in hearings regarding space exploration in the 21st century.
==Bibliography==
===Novels===
*''Orbital Decay''
*''Clarke County, Space''
*''Lunar Descent''
*''Labyrinth of Night''
*''The Jericho Iteration''
*''The Tranquillity Alternative''
*''A King of Infinite Space''
*''Oceanspace''
*''Chronospace''
*''[[Coyote-Allen Steele]]''
*''Coyote Rising''
===Collections===
*''Rude Astronauts''
*''All-American Alien Boy''
*''Sex and Violence in Zero-G: The Complete "Near Space" Stories''
*''American Beauty''
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