Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is an American writer of science fiction. He has published 22 novels and numerous short stories and is best known for his Mars trilogy . His work has been translated into 24 languages. Many of his novels and stories have ecological, cultural, and political themes and feature scientists as heroes. Robinson has won numerous awards, including the Hugo Award for Best Novel , the Nebula Award for Best Novel and the World Fantasy Award . The Atlantic has called Robinson'
Robinson was born in Waukegan, Illinois . He moved to Southern California as a child. [3]
In 1974, he earned a B.A. in literature from the University of California, San Diego . [4] In 1975, he earned an M.A. in English from Boston University . In 1978 Robinson moved to Davis, California , to take a break from his graduate studies at the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego). During this time, he worked as a bookseller for Orpheus Books. He also taught freshman composition and other courses at University of California, Davis . [5]