Life and Death on Mars (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781647100889)

Edward M. Lerner worked in high tech and aerospace for thirty years, serving as everything from Engineer to Senior Vice President, and for much of that time writing science fiction as his hobby.

Since 2004, he has written full-time. His novels range from near-future technothrillers like Small Miracles and Energized, to futuristic mysteries like The Company Man, to such traditional SF-adventure fare as Dark Secret and his InterstellarNet series.

Collaborating with Larry Niven, Lerner also wrote the space-opera epic Fleet of Worlds series of Ringworld companion novels.

His 2015 novel, InterstellarNet: Enigma, won the inaugural
Canopus Award, "honoring excellence in interstellar writing." His fiction has also been nominated for Locus, Prometheus, and Hugo awards.

In shorter forms, Lerner's writing has appeared in anthologies, collections, and
many of the usual SF magazines and websites. He also writes about science and technology, most notably including Trope-ing the Light Fantastic: The Science Behind the Fiction.