raymund

I'm a speculative fiction author whose middle American upbringing is a launchpad for journeys to the ends of the universe. My most popular works are military science fiction series The Confederated Worlds (novels Take the Shilling, Operation Iago, and A Bodyguard of Lies) and the Stone Chalmers series of science fiction espionage adventures (novels The Progress of Mankind, The Greater Glory of God, To All High Emprise Consecrated, and In Public Convocation Assembled). I have over ten other published book-length works and more than forty published short stories. My short fiction has appeared in Analog, Odyssey, Boundary Shock Quarterly, and the anthology Surviving Tomorrow, and has earned honorable mentions and a semi-finalist award in the Writers of the Future contest. My works are available worldwide in ebook, trade paperback, and audiobook editions. After circling the world by age five, I grew up in the Ozark Mountains of southwest Missouri. I earned a B.A. and a Ph.D., both in biochemistry, from Rice University. Though I've been out of the lab for decades, hundreds of papers cite my graduate research. In addition to my writing career, I've worked in patent law, won a national quiz bowl championship, am a husband and father, and agree with Robert Heinlein that specialization is for insects. I live in Houston with his wife, son, and daughter. In case you're wondering, my last name has one syllable and is pronounced “eye-sh.”

In Memoriam Holly Lisle

I’m sad to report that author Holly Lisle died last month. She was the author of around 30 novels, mostly fantasy such as the Secret Texts trilogy and the Korre duology, but including space opera like the Cadence Drake and Longview Chronicles and mystery/suspense titles like Last Girl Dancing. Though she wrote across genres, a […]

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Happy Labor Day

Happy Labor Day to my US and Canadian readers. For the latter, my apologies for not spelling it “Labour Day.” This time of year is also the beginning of football season in the US. My son’s high school team played its first game last week. My alma mater also started its season on Saturday and

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