J.P. Osterman
J.P. Osterman is a science fiction author who focuses on space travel. She was one of five finalists in the Brevard Library Foundation's "Patrick D. Smith Literary Award".[1] She is a director at the Space Coast Writers Guild[2] and is a member of Scribblers of Brevard County. Her play which she co-wrote with Richard Mariani, Salt and Sand Never Tasted Better, is published in the book, Love and Rockets. She has won several awards, including the prestigious Rupert Hughes Award at the seminal Maui Writers’ Conference for her sci-fi novel, The Matter Stream, which she has been transforming into her Nelta Series. She won first place for her one-act play, The Man Next to Me, published in the San Diego Writer's Monthly magazine and which she rewrote as a novel, Pete's Crossroad and short story.
She graduated with master's degree from Azusa Pacific University, and she has a B.A. in English (Emphasis in Writing) from the University of San Diego. In the 1990s, she met Ray Bradbury who inspired her to write serious science fiction.
She has written eight novels, mostly science fiction, from exploring Mars in Cosmic Rift, to space-folding to an ancient alien world in First Communication (Book I, The Nelta Series), Battlefield Matrix (Book II), and Astrocity Sagan (Book III). Her other novels include: The Screaming Stone[3] and Corporate Revenge and also a compilation of her short stories, Commuter Collection: Short Stories from the Edge.
References
- ↑ Foundation, Brevard Library (November 10, 2014). "Patrick D. Smith Literary Award". Foundation News. Brevard Library Foundation. Brevard Library Foundation. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- ↑ SCWG official website
- ↑ Bollard, Gavin. "Book Review". Life With Aspergers. Gavin Bollard. Retrieved 16 April 2015.