T. C. McCarthy

T. C. McCarthy is an American science fiction author. His first novel, Germline, won the 2012 Compton Crook Award.

Education McCarthy earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia. He also earned a PhD in geology from the University of Georgia. While pursuing his PhD, McCarthy was a Fulbright Scholar.

Writing McCarthy's main work, a trilogy called the Subterrene War series, was originally intended to be a single book containing three novellas. The first novel in the series, Germline, won the 2012 Compton Crook Award.

Awards and nominations 2012: Won the Compton Crook Award for Best First Novel for Germline, Orbit Books, 2011 2013: Nominated for the Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian Novel of the Year for Chimera, Orbit Books, 2012

Selected bibliography Novels Germline (August 1, 2011, Orbit Books, ) (Compton Crook Award winner) Exogene (March 1, 2012, Orbit Books, ) Chimera (July 31, 2012, Orbit Books, ) Tyger Burning (July 2, 2019, Baen Books, ) Tyger Bright (February 2, 2021, Baen Books, )

Novelettes "The Legionnaires" (April 18, 2011, Orbit Books) "A People's Army (March 15, 2012, Orbit Books) "Sunshine" (June 15, 2012, Orbit Books)

Short fiction "A Dry and Dusty Home" (Spring 2010, Per Contra: The International Journal of the Arts, Literature, and Ideas, Issue 18) "Private Exploration" (June 2, 2011, Nature, Vol. 474, p. 120) "A.I.P." (2012, Story Quarterly, Vol. 45) "Seven Miles" (2013, Baen Books)