Born this day: 03/27/1962
Kevin Anderson is a prolific American science fiction author with over 175 books in print worldwide. Best known for his Saga of Seven Suns space opera and Dune prequel novels with Brian Herbert, his Assemblers of Infinity earned a Nebula nomination and The Dark Between the Stars was a Hugo finalist.

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Born this day: 03/26/1950
K. W. Jeter is an American science fiction author who coined the term "steampunk" in a 1987 letter to Locus magazine. A protege of Philip K. Dick, he wrote the proto-cyberpunk novel Dr. Adder and three authorized Blade Runner sequels exploring dystopian futures shaped by corporate power and eroding identity.

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Born this day: 03/25/1947
Paul Levinson is an SF author whose debut novel The Silk Code, following an NYPD forensic detective through a mystery spanning millennia of human evolution, won the Locus Award for Best First Novel. His short fiction earned Hugo and Nebula nominations. He served as president of SFWA from 1998 to 2001.

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Died this day: 03/24/1905 (b. 02/08/1828)
Jules Verne was a French novelist regarded as the father of science fiction. His works, including Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and From the Earth to the Moon, anticipated submarines and space travel decades before they existed. He inspired generations of scientists and writers.

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Born this day: 03/23/1947
Elizabeth Scarborough is an American SF and fantasy author who served as an Army nurse in Vietnam. That experience inspired her Nebula Award-winning novel The Healer's War, a vivid blend of wartime realism and the supernatural. She co-authored the Petaybee and Acorna series with Anne McCaffrey.

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