Steven Gould is the author of Jumper, Wildside, Helm, Blind Waves, Jumper 2: Reflex, Jumper: Griffin’s Story, 7th Sigma, Jumper 3: Impulse, and Jumper 4: Exo, as well as several short stories published in Analog, Asimov’s, and Amazing, and other magazines and anthologies.
He is the recipient of the Hal Clement Young Adult Award for Science Fiction and has been on the Hugo ballot twice and the Nebula ballot once for his short fiction, but his favorite distinction was being on the American Library Associations Top 100 Banned Books list 1990-1999.
“Jumper was right there at #94 between Steven King’s Christine and a non-fiction book on sex education. Then that Rowling woman came along and bumped us off the bottom of the list.” Jumper was made into the 2008 feature film of the same name with Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Bell, Rachel Bilson, and Hayden Christensen. The third book in the Jumper series is the basis for the YouTube Originals television series Impulse.
A former president of the Science Fiction Writers of America (2013-2015), Steve lives in New Mexico with his wife, writer Laura J. Mixon (M. J. Locke).
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