Karl Schroeder

Karl Schroeder (born September 4, 1962) is a Canadian science fiction author and futurist. His novels present far-future speculations on topics such as nanotechnology, terraforming, augmented reality, and interstellar travel, and are deeply philosophical. More recently he also focuses on near-future topics. After publishing a dozen short stories, Schroeder published his first novel, Ventus, in 2000. A prequel to Ventus, Lady of Mazes, was published in 2005. He has published seven more novels and is co-author (with Cory Doctorow) of the self-help book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Science Fiction. Schroeder currently writes, consults in the area of futures studies.

In October 2011, Karl Schroeder was awarded a Master of Design degree in Strategic Foresight and Innovation from OCAD University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 2007 Aurora finalist, 2012. Audie Award for best Original Work for METAtropolis: Cascadia, a shared-world audiobook anthology in which Schroeder's contribution was the short story Deodand. Lockstep was the 2015 winner of the Aurora Award for Best Young Adult Novel.

Selected bibliography

Stand-alone The Claus Effect (with David Nickle). (Tesseract Books, 1997) Permanence (Tor Books, 2002.) Crisis in Zefra (Directorate of Land Strategic Concepts, National Defence Canada; 2005.) Lockstep (Tor Books, 2014.) Jubilee , 2014 The Million , 2018 Stealing Worlds , 2019

Ventus Ventus (Tor Books, 2000) Lady of Mazes (prequel to Ventus) (Tor Books, 2005)

Virga Sun of Suns (Tor Books, 2006.) Queen of Candesce (Tor Books, 2007.) Pirate Sun (Tor Books, 2008.) The Sunless Countries (Tor Books, 2009.) Ashes of Candesce (Tor Books, 2012.)