Nathan Lowell has been a writer for more than forty years, and first entered the literary world by podcasting his novels. His sci-fi series, Trader's Tales from The Golden Age of the Solar Clipper, grew from his long time fascination with space opera and his own experiences shipboard in the United States Coast Guard. Unlike most works which focus on a larger-than-life hero (prophesized savior, charismatic captain, or exiled prince), Nathan centers on the people behind the scenes--ordinary men and women trying to make a living in the depths of space. In his novels, there are no bug-eyed monsters, or galactic space battles, instead he paints a richly vivid and realistic world where the "hero" uses hard work and his own innate talents to improve his station and the lives of those of his community.
Dr. Nathan Lowell holds a Ph.D. in Educational Technology with specializations in Distance Education and Instructional Design. He also holds an M.A. in Educational Technology and a BS in Business Administration. He grew up on the south coast of Maine and is strongly rooted in the maritime heritage of the sea-farer. He served in the USCG from 1970 to 1975, seeing duty aboard a cutter on hurricane patrol in the North Atlantic and at a communications station in Kodiak, Alaska. He currently lives in the plains east of the Rocky Mountains with his wife and two daughters.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2008 Parsec Award Finalist for Best Speculative Fiction for Full Share
2008 Podiobooks Founder's Choice Award for Double Share
2008 Parsec Award Finalist for Best Speculative Fiction for South Coast
2009 Podiobooks Founder's Choice Award for Captain's Share
2009 Parsec Award Finalist for Best Speculative Fiction for Double Share
2010 Parsec Award Winner for Speculative Fiction (Long Form) for Captain's Share
2011 Parsec Award for Best Speculative Fiction (Short Form) Finalist for "The Astonishing Amulet of Amenartas"
2011 Parsec Award Winner for Best Speculative Fiction (Long Form) Winner for Owner's Share
NOVELS
Quarter Share (Trader's Tales from Golden Age of the Solar Clipper #1)
Half Share (Trader's Tales from Golden Age of the Solar Clipper #2)
Full Share (Trader's Tales from Golden Age of the Solar Clipper #3)
Double Share (Trader's Tales from Golden Age of the Solar Clipper #4)*
Captain's Share (Trader's Tales from Golden Age of the Solar Clipper #5)*
Owner's Share (Trader's Tales from Golden Age of the Solar Clipper #6)*
South Coast - (Shaman's Tales from Golden Age of the Solar Clipper #1)*
Ravenwood - (A Tanyth Fairport Adventure - book 1)*
NOVELLAS
Light In The Dark (Tales from the Deep Dark #1) (2011)
SHORTS
The Astonishing Amulet of Amenartas (from Tales from the Archive, 2011)
* Audio only
