Joseph L. Green

Joseph Lee Green (January 14, 1931 – February 20, 2026) was an American science-fiction writer and a charter member of the Science Fiction Writers of America.

Green was a prolific short-story writer, known for his novel Gold the Man. His work has been translated into the German, Italian, Spanish, French, Polish and Dutch languages.

Life and career Joseph Lee Green was born on January 14, 1931. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alabama and variously worked as a mill hand, construction worker and a supervisor for Boeing.

His chief employment was in the American space program for which he worked for thirty-seven years, retiring from NASA as Deputy Chief of the Education Office at Kennedy Space Center. His specialty was the preparation of NASA fact sheets, brochures and other such publications for the general public, in which complex scientific and engineering concepts were explained in layman's language.

Green died on February 20, 2026, at the age of 95.