John Scalzi

John Scalzi (born 1969) is a science-fiction author. He grew up in California and worked first as a film critic and later as an editor for the online service America Online. His debut novel, “Old Man’s War,” earned him the 2006 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Other notable works include “The Last Colony” and “Redshirts,” which won the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Novel. Scalzi has also received the Hugo, Locus, Seiun, Geffen, and Kurd-Laßwitz awards. Posts from his blog “Whatever” earned two additional Hugo Awards.