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A fan favorite of romance and science fiction readers alike, Catherine Asaro has published nearly 20 novels. Many of her stories belong to her Saga of the Skolian Empire. The Triad duology, containing Schism and The Final Key serve as great starting points to this sweeping body of work. In 2001 her novel, The Quantum Rose, won a Nebula Award, and she’s won the Romantic Times Book Club award for “Best Science Fiction Novel” three times. Her work has also graced the pages of Analog, and she’s participated in several anthologies, including editing Irresistable Forces. Born in Oakland, California, Catherine Asaro grew up in El Cerrito just north of Berkeley. She received a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics and a MA in physics, both from Harvard, and a BS with Highest Honors in Chemistry from UCLA. Her research has taken her from the University of Toronto to Germany, and she served as a physics professor until 1990 when she established Molecudyne Research, which she currently runs. A woman of many talents, she’s also performed with ballets and musicals on both coasts and in Ohio. In the 1980’s she was principal dancer and artistic director at Mainly Jazz Dancers and the Harvard University Ballet. Her husband, John Kendall Cannizzo works as an astrophysicist with NASA. Together, they have one daughter, also a mathematician and a ballerina. By Mary Winter Bio available on Catherine Asaro’s website (http://www.sff.net/people/asaro/) here) Bibliography
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