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In 2011 Van Allen Plexico was nominated for "Writer of the Year" by Pulp Ark and for "Pulp Story of the Year" by the Pulp Factory, and his work was praised by Kirkus Reviews. He is best known for his popular SENTINELS novels (Swarm/Permuted Press), pushing New Pulp into the contemporary superhero and space opera genres, for the critically acclaimed SF novel LUCIAN: DARK GOD'S HOMECOMING (Airship 27 Productions), and for the ASSEMBLED! books (White Rocket Books), exploring the history of Marvel's AVENGERS comics.
Anthologies he created (or co-created) and edited include BLACKTHORN: THUNDER ON MARS, GIDEON CAIN: DEMON HUNTER, and MARS McCOY: SPACE RANGER . He has also contributed stories and novellas to books from Airship 27, Pro Se Press, New Babel Books, Adamant Entertainment, and others, as well as contributing to publications from Rittenhouse Archives and Maple Street Press. He writes occasional columns for RevolutionSF.com and TheWarEagleReader.com, and is a founding editor of the "All-Pulp" news site.
His books have been incorporated into reading programs for young people in libraries in several states. He lives in Illinois and serves as an Associate Professor at Southwestern Illinois College.
