reached number 2 on the New York Times bestseller list.
[2] Carl Frederick trained as a theoretical physicist, and after a post-doc at NASA and a stint at Cornell University,[citation needed] he left theoretical astrophysics and quantum relativity theory in favor of hi-tech industry.
He is Chief Scientist of a small company developing artificial intelligence software.
He has written short stories that have appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Asimov's Science Fiction, Flash Fiction Online, Jim Baen's Universe, Space and Time, and other publications.
[5] He is a graduate of Odyssey Writing Workshop and a first-place winner of Writers of the Future.