Edward loves writing. His genre of writing is science fiction and techno thrillers. I asked Edward what is his "Why". He told me, "he can't sleep. He wakes up in the middle of the night with several topics in his head. He learned how to write in the dark and his wife is very happy of that lol. He sleeps with paper and pen next to his bedside." That tells me that Edward is so happy about his transition. ALL ABOUT EDWARD: Edward was a physicist and computer scientist. After thirty years in industry, working at every level from individual technical contributor to senior vice president, he is now writes full-time. Edward writes science fiction and techno-thrillers, now and again throwing in a straight science or technology article.

Edward is an Author of the InterstellarNet series / Coauthor of the Fleet of Worlds series with Larry Niven. Young visions of becoming literally a rocket scientist morphed into a degree in physics. Mid-degree, he had an epiphany: he was good at physics but intuitive with computers. Physics was a terrific foundation for his newly chosen field—and later on, of course, for writing SF.

Edward computer career began at Bell Labs, where his assignments dealt with telephone switching systems and design for ultra-reliability. Edward moved to Honeywell, entering engineering management and an evening MBA program. The work at Honeywell involved automated building controls, real-time systems for which my Bell Labs training was tremendously valuable. Suddenly, there was more time than he had in years for recreational reading. With more to read, he found much to criticize. His supportive wife, Ruth, eventually suggested that if he thought he could do better, he should.

And so, circuitously, Edward began his writing career …

Significant traces of his Bell Labs and Honeywell experience appear in my first novel, but what’s most interesting in hindsight is how Probe foreshadowed his later career. By the time Probe appeared in print, he had changed employers, and his state of residence, twice. Edward was then newly arrived at Hughes Aircraft, one of a team chasing a large NASA contract. (They won.) While NASA personnel and settings play key roles in Probe, it was completed before his first NASA encounter.

Edward never met any rocket scientists, but he did spend several fascinating years developing parts of the Earth Observing System. Edward got to know an astronaut. He even flew the shuttle training simulator twice, which was great fun.

The downside of NASA contracting was its impact on his writing. Edward squeezed some time for some short stories, two of which appeared in Analog. As his engineering management career took off, there was little room for hobbies. On the plus side, the next several year in which few words of fiction were committed to electron produced a stockpile of source material for future stories.

Edward eventually left Hughes to explore the alien worlds of start-ups and the Internet bubble. 1999 found Edward restless in his day job. A sabbatical spent writing recharged his batteries and produced a flurry of story sales (to Analog and Artemis). In 2001, it was back to engineering management.

It turns out that the writing bug is persistent. After two more years in engineering and project management more telecom and government contracting work, Edward took the plunge into writing full time.

For the next several years about half his writing was collaborative, from which the visible result is the five-novel Fleet of World series with Larry Niven.

Larry is also done nonfiction, putting a straight-science slant on the research that underpins both completed & upcoming fiction.  Many of his nonfiction articles and essays are collected, updated, and expanded in Frontiers of Space, Time, and Thought: Essays and Stories on the Big Questions. The most recently (2018), Trope-ing the Light Fantastic: The Science Behind. You can go to the website at https://edwardmlerner.com/ or social media handles Edward M. Lerner