Kim Stanley Robinson

Kim Stanley Robinson is an American science fiction writer, probably best known for his award-winning Mars trilogy. He has been widely acclaimed by readers and critics since the beginning of his career, and is considered by many to be one of the finest living writers of science fiction. His work delves into ecological and sociological themes regularly, and many of his novels appear to be the direct result of his own scientific fascinations, such as the 15 years of research and lifelong fascination with Mars which culminated in his most famous work. He has, due to his fascination with Mars, become a member of the Mars Society. His major novels are: The Wild Shore (1984), The Gold Coast (1988) and Pacific Edge (1990) (The California Trilogy), Red Mars (1993), Green Mars (1994), and Blue Mars (1996) (the Mars Trilogy), Forty Signs of Rain (2004), Fifty Degrees Below (2005) and Sixty Days and Counting (2007) (the Washington Trilogy).