Steven Piziks

Steven Harper Piziks is an American author of science fiction.

Piziks writes mostly science fiction, fantasy, steampunk, and film and television series novelizations. He has also written science fiction books with LGBT themes under his "Steven Harper" pseudonym and has been nominated for the Gaylactic Spectrum Award for his novels four times without winning, a record. He is also a member of the Book View Cafe writers co-op.

Biography

Piziks was born in Saginaw, Michigan, and grew up in the small town of Wheeler, Michigan. At twelve years of age, he moved to the outskirts of Midland, Michigan, then later to Saginaw, where he graduated from high school. He went to Central Michigan University, where he earned two bachelor's degrees: one in German/speech and one in English/health education, and to Seton Hill University, where he earned a master's degree in English. He currently writes science fiction and fantasy novels under two names and lives in Michigan with his husband, where he teaches English at Walled Lake Northern High School.

Awards
  • Dreamer (Roc, 2001) - Gaylactic Spectrum Award nominee[1] ISBN 0-451-45843-5
  • Nightmare: A Novel of the Silent Empire (Roc, 2002) - Gaylactic Spectrum Award nominee[2] ISBN 0-451-45898-2
  • Trickster'' (Roc, 2003) - Gaylactic Spectrum Award nominee[3] ISBN 0-451-45941-5
  • Offspring - Gaylactic Spectrum Award nominee[4] ISBN 0-451-46001-4

Bibliography

As Steven Harper
  • Unity (a Battlestar Galactica novel) ISBN 0-7653-1608-0
  • Dead Man on the Moon ISBN 0-9770708-2-4
  • Dreamer: A Novel of the Silent Empire (Roc, 2001) ISBN 0-451-45843-5
  • Nightmare: A Novel of the Silent Empire (Roc, 2002) ISBN 0-451-45898-2
  • Trickster: A Novel of the Silent Empire (Roc, 2003) ISBN 0-451-45941-5
  • Offspring: A Novel of the Silent Empire (Roc, 2004) ISBN 0-451-46001-4
  • Writing the Paranormal Novel (Writers Digest Books, 2011) ISBN 1-59963-134-2
  • The Doomsday Vault: A Novel of the Clockwork Empire (Roc, 2011) ISBN 0-451-46429-X
  • The Impossible Cube: A Novel of the Clockwork Empire (Roc, 2012) ISBN 0-451-46450-8
  • The Dragon Men: A Novel of the Clockwork Empire (Roc, 2012) ISBN 0-451-46488-5
  • The Havoc Machine: A Novel of the Clockwork Empire (Roc, 2013) ISBN 0-451-41704-6
  • Iron Axe: A Novel of the Books of Blood and Iron (Roc, 2015) ISBN 0-451-46846-5
  • Blood Storm: A Novel of the Books of Blood and Iron (Roc, 2015) ISBN 0-451-46847-3
  • Bone War: A Novel of the Books of Blood and Iron (Roc, 2016) ISBN 0-451-46848-1

As Steven Piziks
  • In the Company of Mind (Baen, 1996)
  • Corporate Mentality (Baen, 1999)
  • The Nanotech War (Pocket books, 2003) - A Star Trek novel.
  • Identity (2003) - Novelisation
  • The Exorcist: the Beginning (Pocket books) - Novelisation
  • The Plague Room (Pocket books, 2003) - A Ghost Whisperer novel.

As Penny Drake
  • Trash Course (Carina Press, 2010) ISBN 978-1-4268-9066-6
gollark: > The ES runs asynchronously on a self-timed circuit and uses thermal noise within the silicon to output a random stream of bits at the rate of 3 GHz. The ES needs no dedicated external power supply to run, instead using the same power supply as other core logic. The ES is designed to function properly over a wide range of operating conditions, exceeding the normal operating range of the processor.It isn't very specific.
gollark: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/guide/intel-digital-random-number-generator-drng-software-implementation-guide.html
gollark: I vaguely remember reading that they or some similar system use thermal noise measured with a ring oscillator.
gollark: Really? How interesting.
gollark: Oh, we transported you into a simulation years ago.

See also

Gaylactic Spectrum Award winners and nominees for best novel

References
  1. Kelly, Mark R. (2003–2007). "2002 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards". Locus Publications. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
  2. "2003 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards". Gaylactic Spectrum Award Foundation. 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
  3. "2004 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards". Gaylactic Spectrum Award Foundation. 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
  4. "2005 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards". Gaylactic Spectrum Award Foundation. 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
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