Ben Bova

The author of more than 115 futuristic novels and nonfiction books, Ben Bova has been involved in science and high technology since the very beginnings of the space age.

President Emeritus of the National Space Society and a past president of Science Fiction Writers of America, Ben has received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation and the first annual Ben Bova Award “For Outstanding Achievement in Science Fiction Literature,” and has taught science fiction at Harvard University and at the Hayden Planetarium in New York City. He received his doctorate in education in 1996 from California Coast University, a Master of Arts degree in communications from the State University of New York at Albany and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Temple University.

He lectures regularly on topics dealing with the prospects for human immortality, the impact of science on politics, space exploration and development, the craft of writing and the search for extraterrestrial life.