David Zindell

David Zindell is an internationally bestselling author, well-known for his works in the science fiction genre. After majoring in various fields such as philosophy, anthropology, linguistics, and physics, Zindell graduated from the University of Colorado in 1984 with a degree in mathematics. His writing career took off with an early story titled "Shanidar" winning first prize in the Writers of the Future contest, and he was later nominated for a Hugo award for best new writer of the year.

Zindell's bestselling novel, Neverness, was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke award for the best science fiction novel published in the United Kingdom. This success was followed by the A Requiem For Homo Sapiens trilogy and the four-book Ea Cycle. His writing is heavily influenced by his experiences, including surviving near-nuclear war and the revolutions of the 1960s, which led to the idea of how the world might be changed through the mysterious evolutionary force he calls splendor. This force plays a significant role in his most recent novel, The Idiot Gods.

Zindell's work has been translated into several languages, including German, French, Italian, Russian, Japanese, and Serbo-Croatian. He currently resides in colorful Colorado, close to his two talented and amazing daughters. His writing has become the passion of his life, and he continues to create works that captivate and inspire his readers.