12 Facts About Steven Gould

Steven Charles Gould was born on February 7,1955 and is an American science fiction writer.

Steven Charles Gould was born in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, on February 7,1955, to James Alan and Carita Louise Gould.

Steven Gould's father was an Army officer; when Gould was in junior high his father was stationed at Fort Shafter in Hawaii for three years.

The whole family learned to scuba dive there, and Gould went diving frequently.

Steven Gould submitted the first short story he wrote to Analog; it was rejected with a personal note from then-editor Ben Bova, who encouraged Steven Gould to let him see his future work.

The second story Steven Gould wrote, "The Touch of Their Eyes", was read aloud by Theodore Sturgeon at a writing workshop at AggieCon in 1979.

Sturgeon made one correction and suggested that Steven Gould submit it to Stan Schmidt, who had become editor at Analog in late 1978.

Steven Gould did, and the story was published by Analog in 1980.

Steven Gould was president of SFWA for two years through June 2015.

Steven Gould has been an instructor at the annual one-week speculative fiction workshop Viable Paradise since 2000.

In 1989 Gould married Laura J Mixon and moved with her to New York City, where her job supported them while he finished his first novel, Jumper.

Steven Gould's first published short story, "The Touch of Their Eyes", was nominated for the Analog Award for Best Short Story in 1980.