Doug Beason

Doug Beason is an American scientist and science fiction author.

He graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1977 with a dual major in physics and math. He started his first novel while at the Academy after returning there as an officer in the 1980s to teach physics. He is a retired Air Force Colonel with a PhD in physics. He is also a Fellow of the American Physical Society and has published two non-fiction books. His book "Science and Technology Policy for the post-Cold War: A Case for Long-Term Research", was awarded the National Defense University President's Strategic Vision award. He also worked on a few books, (e.g. Lifeline, The Trinity Paradox, and Nanospace) with Kevin J. Anderson. He is currently Associate Laboratory Director for Threat Reduction at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Novels

 * Return to Honor (1989)
 * Assault on Alpha Base (1990)
 * Strike Eagle (1991)
 * Wild Blue U (2005)

Co-authored with Kevin J. Anderson
Craig Kreident Series:
 * Lifeline (1990)
 * The Trinity Paradox (1991)
 * Assemblers of Infinity (1993)
 * Ill Wind (1995)
 * Ignition (1997)
 * Virtual Destruction (1996)
 * Fallout (1997)
 * Lethal Exposure (1998)

Non-fiction

 * Science and Technology Policy for the post-Cold War: A Case for Long-Term Research
 * The E-Bomb: How America's new directed energy weapons will change the way future wars will be fought (2005)