Author Biography and Bibliography

Original SF and Fantasy

Wyrldmaker (Pocket Books, 1981; Avon 1988) novel

Talking Man (Arbor house, 1986; Avon 1987) novel

Fire on the Mountain (Arbor House, 1988; Avon 1990) novel

Voyage to the Red Planet (Morrow, 1990; Avon 1991) novel

Bears Discover Fire (Tor, 1993; Orb, 1995) collection

Pirates of the Universe (Tor, 1996; Orb, 1997) novel

In the Upper Room & Other Likely Stories (Tor, 2000) collection

The Pickup Artist (Tor, 2001) novel


Media Tie-ins

Johnny Mnemonic (Pocket Books, 1995) novelization of a screenplay by William Gibson

Virtuosity (Pocket Books, 1995) novelization of a screenplay by Eric Bernt

"Jonny Quest" adventures: Demon of the Deep, Peril in the Peaks, Attack of the Evil Cyber-God (HarperPrism, 1997); kids' books, all written as "Brad Quentin"

NASCAR "Pole Position" books: Rolling Thunder, In the Groove, Race Ready, Speed Demon, Hammer Down, Spin Out (HarperPrism, 1998-99); kids' books, all written by "T.B. Calhoun" (the last three with Ned Webb)

The Fifth Element (HarperPrism, 1997) novelization of a screenplay by Luc Besson

Alien Resurrection (HarperPrism, 1997) Digest novelization of a screenplay by Joss Whedon; his name and mine both removed by contract

Galaxy Quest (Ace, 1999), novelization of the Dreamworks screenplay

The X Files: Miracle Man (Harper Collins, November 2000) YA novelization from TV script by Howard Gordon and Chris Carter

The Sixth Day (Tor, November 2000) Novelization of a screenplay by Cormac and Marianne Wibberly


Radio Drama

The Flat Edge of the Earth (Sci-Fi Channel, Seeing Ear Theater, 1998) With Brian Smith

Orson the Alien (Sci-Fi Channel, Seeing Ear Theater, 1998) With George Zarr and Brian Smith


Non Fiction

Nat Turner: Slave Revolt Leader (Chelsea House, 1988; Melrose Square, 1989) YA biography

On a Move: The Story of Mumia Abu Jamal (Litmus, February 2001)


Co-Author

Car Talk with Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers (Dell, 1991) with NPR's Tom and Ray Magliozzi

A Green River Girlhood (Green River Press, 1991; McDowell Publications, Utica, Ky., 1991) With Elizabeth Ballantine Johnson: an oral history of TB's aunt and the Ballantines of Rumsey and Calhoun, Ky.

Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman (Bantam, 1997) by Walter M Miller Jr. TB completed final 60 pp of book after Miller's death; no cover credit

Be First in the Universe (Dell, 2000) YA SF adventure with Stephanie Spinner

Expiration Date: Never (Dell, 2001) YA sequel to above, also with Stephanie Spinner


Short Fiction (first publication only)

—Collected in Bears Discover Fire:

"Bears Discover Fire" (Asimov's, Aug. 1990)

"The Two Janets" (Asimov's, Nov. 1990)

"They're Made Out of Meat" (Omni, Apr. 1991)

"Over Flat Mountain" (Omni, Jun. 1990)

"Press Ann" (Asimov's, Aug. 1991)

"The Coon Suit" (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1991)

"George"

"Next" (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1992)

"Necronauts" (Playboy, Jul. 1993)

"Are There Any Questions?" (Interzone, Aug. 1992)

"Two Guys from the Future" (Omni, Aug. 1992)

"The Toxic Donut" (SF Age, Jun. 1993)

"Canción Auténtica de Old Earth" (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Oct. 1992)

"The Message" (Asimov's, 10 1993)

"England Underway" (Omni, Jul. 1993)

"By Permit Only" (Interzone, Jul. 1993)

"The Shadow Knows" (Asimov's, Sep. 1993)

"Partial People" (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jan. 1994)

"Carl's Lawn and Garden" (Omni, Jan. 1992)


—Wilson Wu Stories

"The Hole in the Hole" (Asimov's, Feb. 1994)

"The Edge of the Universe" (Asimov's, Aug. 1996)

"Get Me to the Church on Time" (Asimov's, 5 1998)


—Collected in In the Upper Room:

"Dead Man's Curve" (Asimov's, Jun. 1994)

"The Joe Show" (Playboy, Aug. 1994)

"Tell Them They Are All Full Of Shit and They Should Fuck Off" (Crank, Autumn 1994)

"There Are No Dead" (Asimov's, Jan. 1995)

"10:07:24" (Absolute Magnitude, Winter 1995)

"In the Upper Room" (Playboy, May 1996)

"The Edge of the Universe" (Asimov's, Aug. 1996)

"An Office Romance" (Playboy, 2 1997)

"The Player" (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Oct. 1997)

"Get Me to the Church on Time" (Asimov's, May 1998)

"Incident at Oak Ridge" (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jul. 1998)

"First Fire" (SF Age, Sep 1998)

"Smoother" (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jan. 1999)

"Not This Virginia" (Southern Exposure, Summer 1999)

"macs" (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Oct. 1999)

"He Loved Lucy" (Playboy, Feb. 2000)


—Uncollected as yet

"The Old Rugged Cross" (Starlight 3, Tor 2001)


—Obscure and Oddball

"First Two Kids on Mars" (Kicks, Spring 1993)

"The Pleasantville Monster Project" (New York Review of Science Fiction, Nov. 1999);

"A View From the Bridge" (GORP.com Feb. 2000)