Howard V. Hendrix
American writer
Howard Vincent Hendrix (born 1959) is an American scholar and science fiction writer. He is the author of the novels Lightpaths and Standing Wave, Better Angels, Empty Cities of the Full Moon, The Labyrinth Key, and Spears of God. His early short stories are found in the ebook Mobius Highway.
Early life, family and education
Howard Vincent Hendrix was born in 1959 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
He graduated in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Xavier University. He earned a Master's (1982) and a Ph.D (1987) in English literature from the University of California, Riverside.
Career
Hendrix published his first short story, "Bad/Night/Vision", in 1983 in UC Riverside's art and literary journal, Mosaic. Since then, he has published over 30 short stories and poems as well as six science fiction novels, beginning with Lightpaths in September 1997 through Ace Books. His most recent novel is the 2006 Spears of God, published through Del Rey. His poem "Bumbershoot" won the 2010 Dwarf Stars Award from the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association.
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