Joe Haldeman

Fiction Writer, Poet

Gainesville, FL
Florida US

Author's Bio

The youngest writer to be named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Joe Haldeman has earned steady awards over his 46-year career: his novels THE FOREVER WAR and FOREVER PEACE both made clean sweeps of the Hugo and Nebula Awards, and he has won four more Hugos and Nebulas for other novels and shorter works. Three times he’s won the Rhysling Award for best science fiction poem of the year. In 2012 he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. The final novel in a trilogy, EARTHBOUND, is out (after MARSBOUND in 2008 and STARBOUND in 2009). Ridley Scott has bought the movie rights to THE FOREVER WAR. Joe’s latest novel is WORK DONE FOR HIRE. When he’s not writing or teaching – he recently retired from M.I.T after thirty years -- he paints and bicycles and spends as much time as he can out under the stars as an amateur astronomer. He’s been married for 49 years to Mary Gay Potter Haldeman.

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Books:
Work Done for Hire (Ace Books, 2014)
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The Best of Joe Haldeman (Tachyon Publishing, 2013)
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Earthbound (Ace Books, 2011)
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Starbound (Ace Books, 2010)
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Marsbound (Ace Books, 2008)
,
The Accidental Time Machine (Ace Books, 2007)

Poetry

Books:
War Stories (Night Shade Press, 2006)
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Old Twentieth (Ace Books, 2005)
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Camouflage (Ace Books, 2004)
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Guardian (Ace Books, 2002)
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Forever Free (Berkley Books, 1999)
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Forever Peace (Berkley Books, 1997)
,
Saul's Death & Other Poems (Anamnesis Press, 1997)
,
None So Blind (Avon, 1996)
,
1968 (Morrow, 1995)
,
Worlds Enough & Time (Morrow, 1992)
,
Hemingway Hoax (Morrow, 1990)
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Buying Time (Morrow, 1989)
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Worlds Apart (Viking, 1983)
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The Forever War (EOS, 1975)
Prizes won: 

Five Hugos, five Nebulas, three Rhysling Awards, one World Fantasy Award, Grandmaster Award of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Oklahoma City
Raised in: 
Bethesda, MD
Maryland
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Last update: Jan 14, 2015