nationality birth_date genre article_title name occupation
united states 1948 science fiction , fantasy rick wilber
 richard arnold wilber editor , short story writer , poet
rick wilber

rick wilber is an american author , poet , and editor .
he has published more than thirty-five short stories in magazines such as `` aboriginal sf '' , `` analog '' , `` asimov 's science fiction '' , `` fantasy & science fiction '' , `` pulphouse '' , and `` sf age '' ; and in anthologies such as `` alien sex '' and `` chrysalis '' .
in addition to his short stories , he has written the novels `` rum point '' and `` the cold road '' , as well as a memoir , `` my father 's game : life , death , baseball '' , and several textbooks , including `` modern media writing '' and `` magazine feature writing '' .
wilber is the editor of anthologies including `` subtropical speculations : an anthology of florida science fiction '' -lrb- 1991 -rrb- and `` future media '' -lrb- 2011 -rrb- .
his short story `` something real '' won the 2013 sidewise award for alternate history , short form .
he currently lives in florida where he teaches mass communications at the university of south florida .
wilber 's father was baseball player del wilber , which has influenced much of his writing , both fictional -lrb- `` where garagiola waits '' -rrb- and non-fictional -lrb- `` my father 's game '' -rrb- .
