Endeavour Award
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (2003) Winner
Steven Barnes
スチーブン・バーンズ
Sutīben Bānsu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1952-03-01 （Los Angeles, California）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Los Angeles
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Screenwriter, Science fiction writer
- Active Years
- 1979-2024
- Influenced By
- Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
- Influenced
- Tananarive Due
- Nominations
- Hugo Award nominee (The Locusts, 1979)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles High School | — | — | — | — | United States |
| Pepperdine University | — | Communication Arts | — | — | United States |
Los Angeles High School
Country:
United States
Secondary education
Pepperdine University
Communication Arts
Country:
United States
Major in communication arts
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Emmy Award | A Stitch in Time | The Outer Limits episode | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences | winner |
| 2003 | Endeavour Award | Lion's Blood | — | — | winner |
| 2009 | NAACP Image Award | In the Night of the Heat: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel | Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction | NAACP | winner |
Emmy Award
Work:
A Stitch in Time
Category:
The Outer Limits episode
Organization:
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Result:
winner
Endeavour Award
2003
Work:
Lion's Blood
Result:
winner
NAACP Image Award
2009
Work:
In the Night of the Heat: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel
Category:
Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction
Organization:
NAACP
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Lion's Blood
2002 Alternate historyAn alternate history where Islamic Africa colonizes the New World instead of Europe, reversing racial roles.
Racial reversalIslamSlaveryAfrocentric world
Dream Park
1981 Science fictionScience fiction adventure set in a theme park.
Virtual realityGamesFuture technology
The Cestus Deception
2004 Science fictionStar Wars novel set during the Clone Wars.
WarClonesDeception
Great Sky Woman
2006 FantasyStory set in prehistoric African tribe.
Human originsTribal society
Bibliography
- Dream Park (1981)
- The Barsoom Project (1989)
- The California Voodoo Game (1992)
- The Moon Maze Game (2011)
- Street Lethal (1983)
- Gorgon Child (1989)
- Firedance (1993)
- The Legacy of Heorot (1987)
- The Dragons of Heorot (1995)
- Beowulf's Children (1995)
- Starborn and Godsons (2020)
- Lion's Blood (2002)
- Zulu Heart (2003)
- Great Sky Woman (2006)
- Shadow Valley (2009)
- Casanegra (2007)
- In the Night of the Heat (2008)
- From Cape Town with Love (2010)
- South by Southeast (2012)
- The Descent of Anansi (1982)
- The Kundalini Equation (1986)
- Achilles' Choice (1991)
- Blood Brothers (1996)
- Iron Shadows (1997)
- Far Beyond the Stars (1998)
- The Lives of Dax (1999)
- Saturn's Race (2000)
- Charisma (2002)
- The Cestus Deception (2004)
- Assassin and Other Stories (2010)
- Devil's Wake (2012)
- Domino Falls (2013)
- Star Wars Saved My Life (2015)
- The Seascape Tattoo (2016)
- Twelve Days (2017)
- Star Wars: Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss (2024)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Genre-blendingFrequent collaborationsAction-oriented
- Recurring Motifs
- Race and cultureMartial arts and physicalityAlternate realities
Legacy
Prominent American SF and fantasy writer known for collaborations with Larry Niven, Endeavour Award winner, and New York Times bestseller.
In Popular Culture
- Jordan Peele made a surprise visit to his UCLA course
Trivia
- Black belt in Kenpo Karate (BKF style) and Kodokan Judo
- Instructor certificate in Wu Ming Ta
- Studied martial arts since 1969
- Completed Hatha Yoga instructor program