McDevitt, Jack: - Jack Mcdevitt is the Nebula Award-winning author of The Academy series, including The Long Sunset .
He and his wife live near Brunswick, Georgia..
Heinlein Award for Lifetime Achievement.
In 2015, he was awarded the Robert A.
Dick Award.
Campbell Memorial Award, and the Philip K.
Clarke Award, the John W.
Along with winning the Nebula Award in 2006, he has also been nominated for the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Arthur C.
He returned to writing when his wife, Maureen, encouraged him to try his hand at it in 1980.
He received a master\'s degree in literature from Wesleyan University in 1971.
He attended La Salle University, then joined the Navy, drove a cab, became an English teacher, took a customs inspector\'s job on the northern border, and didn\'t write another word for a quarter-century.
McDevitt, Jack: - Jack Mcdevitt is the Nebula Award-winning author of The Academy series, including The Long Sunset