Bryan Thomas Schmidt
Bryan Thomas Schmidt (born February 13, 1969) is an American science fiction author and editor. He has edited (or co-edited) fifteen anthologies, a space opera trilogy, and an ongoing, near-future police procedural series set in Kansas City, Missouri. He wrote a non-fiction book on how to write a novel. He was a finalist, with Jennifer Brozek, for the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor for the anthology "Shattered Shields". His anthology, "Infinite Stars", was nominated for the 2018 Locus Award for Best Anthology. Biography. Schmidt was born on February 13, 1969 in Topeka , Kansas. His works sometime incorporate Christian themes. Schmidt's first published works were the short stories in his "The North Star Serial", a 2010 series of space opera stories depicting an ongoing war. "The Worker Prince", the first novel in his "Saga of Davi Rhii" series, was published in 2011. The second novel, "The Returning", was released the following year in June, two months after his first anthology, "Full-Throttle Space Tales 6: Space Battles", was published in April through Flying Pen Press. In 2013, Schmidt edited "Beyond the Sun", a space opera anthology from Fairwood Press, and "Raygun Chronicles : Space Opera for a New Age" from Every Day Publishing. After a recommendation from Jennifer Brozek, he was asked to edit "The Martian". He worked with the author, Andy Weir, to improve the story. In 2014, he was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor (short form) for his anthology work, but missed the cutoff for the final ballot by six votes. The following year, he and Brozek edited the fantasy adventure anthology, "Shattered Shields", published by Baen Books. They were both nominated for the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Editor (short form) for "Shattered Shields". His space  opera anthology, "Mission: Tomorrow", was released by Baen in 2015. Schmidt worked with WordFire Press in 2016 to release the young adult short story anthology "Decision Points". The same year he released "Galactic Games", a science fiction sports anthology, from Baen. In addition to "The Exodus", the final volume in his "Davi Rhii" trilogy, Schmidt had six anthologies published in 2017. In March, he co-edited "Little Green Men—Attack!" with Robin Wayne Bailey. His second WordFire anthology, "Maximum Velocity: The Best of the Full-Throttle Space Tales", co-edited with Jennifer Brozek, Carol Hightshoe, David Lee Summers, and Dayton  Ward, collected the best stories from the "Full-Throttle Space Tales" series of anthologies. The space opera anthology "Infinite Stars" and the media tie-in anthology "Predator: If It Bleeds" (set in the Predator universe), both from Titan Books, were released in October. "Infinite Stars" received a starred review in "Publishers Weekly" and was also ranked 15th in the Best Anthology category of the 2018 Locus Awards. That same month, he also released "Joe Ledger: Unstoppable", co-edited with Jonathan Maberry), from St. Martin's Press and from Baen "The Monster Hunter Files", co-edited with Larry Correia). The first  volume in his "John Simon" near-future police procedural series, "Simon Says", was released in October 2019. "Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers", a follow-up anthology to the 2017 collection, was released through Titan Books in November. The second and third volumes in the "John Simon" series, "The Sideman" and "Common Source", were released in June and September 2020, respectively. A COVID-19 charity anthology, "Surviving Tomorrow", was released in October that year through Aeristic Press. Proceeds from the anthology went to purchase COVID-19 test kits. Schmidt, with Jonathan Maberry, edited "Alien vs. Predator: Ultimate Prey", released in December 2021 from Titan  Books. "The Hitherto Secret Experiments of Marie Curie", a dark young adult anthology co-edited with Henry Herz, is scheduled to be released in 2022 through Blackstone Publishing. His novel, "Shortcut", will be published by 25 and Y Publishing, though no release date has been set. He will co-edited the "Robots Through the Ages" anthology with Robert Silverberg. Bibliography. Saga of Davi Rhii. A science fiction series loosely based on the biblical story of Moses. In addition to the three novels, two short stories were written in the series: An omnibus, collecting books 1-3 and the shorts "Rivalry  on the Sky Course" and "The Hand of God", was released in October 2021 by Boralis Books (). John Simon series. A near-future police procedural series about a technophobic Kansas City police detective and his android partner. A short work, "The Cancellation", appears in "Shapers of Worlds, Volume II" edited by Edward Willett (November 2021, Shadowpaw Press) Anthologies. Schmidt edited (or co-edited) the following anthologies: Short works. Listed chronologically by release date. Collections. Schmidt's stories have been collected in the following volumes: Awards and honors. Schmidt has been nominated for a number of awards for his various works